Lot 5504 - ibid118 Pastry Moulds – online only - Tuesday, 30. March 2021, 9.30 AM
ROUND BAKING MOULD "THE DEVIL DRESSED AS A JESTER, SEDUCING A WOMAN"
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The design of this baking mould makes reference to Carnival, which was denounced by the Church as sinful and distant from God because of the drinking excesses and sexual promiscuity occurring during that time of the year.
Depicted in: Cornelia Stäheli, Hans-Peter Widmer. Honig den Armen, Marzipan den Reichen. Schweizer Gebäckmodel des 16. und 17. Jh. Zurich, 2020. p. 54, Ill. 56.
CHF 400 / 600 | (€ 410 / 620)
Sold for CHF 813 (including buyer’s premium)
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