Mold: cookie board
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 × 13 × 5 in. (2.5 × 33 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Rectangular wooden cookie board carved with twenty-four images, including people, animals, fruit, silver tableware, a fleur-de-lis, and a windwill.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1029
Inscriptions:
handwritten in ink: on collector's label affixed to reverse: "2216 / Fr."
Gallery Label:
Popular for holidays and other celebrations, these small picture molds were used to shape gingerbread or colored sugar dough into the shape of good-luck charms, costume pictures, love allegories, or objects of everyday life. These tiny, extremely detailed cookies were called "Devisen" - which means "currency" or "exchange" - and the pastries were typically given out to children as prizes at parties. This mold corresponds to the style of those that appear in early nineteenth-century Switzerland.
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11131
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 in. ( 11.4 cm )
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold with a baluster shaped handle and circular base carved with a cow standing on grass beneath a tree.
Object Number:
INV.1033
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11130
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 × 5 in. (7.3 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold composed of a plunger handle which attaches to a circular base and pierces a dome-shape cover; underside of base is carved with a stylized flower.
Object Number:
INV.1024
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11128
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 × 5 5/8 in. (7.6 × 14.3 cm)
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold composed of plunger handle attached to a circular base, piercing a dome-shaped cover; the underside of the base has a carved flower surrounded by patterned circular bands.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Stone Voorhies and Miss Arlene Brooks Voorhies
Object Number:
1942.143
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold with knob handle and circular base with carved six-pointed star.
Object Number:
INV.1044
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11081
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold with knob handle and circular base carved with a stylized pine cone and leaves.
Object Number:
INV.1035
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11080
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold with a knob handle and a circular base carved with two leaves surrounded by four circular bands.
Object Number:
INV.1039
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11079
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 × 5 in. (8.9 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Treenware butter mold composed of a turned plunger handle attaches to a circular base and pierces a dome-shaped cover; the underside of the base is carved with leaves and flowers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1037
Inscriptions:
written: affixed to side of mold: "314 / Amer"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11078
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold (handle detached from mold)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Turned treenware butter mold with baluster handle and semi-circular base with a carved eagle and a small star.
Object Number:
INV.1011
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cake board
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 × 3/4 × 11 in. (27.9 × 1.9 × 27.9 cm)
Description:
Square wooden cake board with elaborately carved man waving his hat on horseback surrounded by flowers surrounded by a circular floral frame; metal wall-hanging hook attached to one side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1009
Inscriptions:
handwritten in ink: on collector's label affixed to reverse: "1020 / Amer."
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
11076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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