Antique wax mould for Springerle biscuits

An interesting wax mould for Springerle biscuits. It features nine different designs depicting various scenes from 17th-century bourgeois life, which were popular during the Baroque period. This type of wax mould was traditionally used to make biscuits and shortbread. Initially, they were hand-carved from wooden blocks, but as these were expensive, by the late 19th century they began to be replaced by hard wax moulds, which could be produced more cheaply. These antique replicas of wooden Springerle moulds gained some popularity as kitchen decorations during the 1950s. #Springerle #AntiqueMould #BaroqueArt

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