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September: Replicas of several of the molds below will be available for purchase this coming October. Some time near the end of the month. If you own a bakery or shop, you will be interested in seeing what is coming. These will make some of the most unique display pieces seen in decades……. Ken
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Aalen 24 Image Mold
Aalen 24 Image Mold end view.
Aalen 24 Image Mold side view.
Aalen 24 image mold: This mold measures 8 1/8″ x 4 1/4″ and was sent to us by Frau Iris in Aalen Germany. It is a mold that she had acquired from the dissolution of an old bakery in Nuernburg. As you can see by the photos, the mold has a very bad curve that makes it chancy to use. It may split if pressure is applied at the wrong place or just applied at all. We are tasked with producing a good flat copy that can be used. Can we do this? Certainly! We developed and pioneered the method and techniques to do just that. After working copies are produced, they will be for sale by The Springerle Baker.
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Corsi Musketeer
Corsi Musketeer: This mold is from Ennenda in Glarus Switzerland but now resides in the Mildred E. Jenson Collection here in the U.S. The mold measures about 7 ¼” x 2 ¾” and is estimated to have been carved around 1680. It is well preserved with only a couple worm holes and other worm damage. Nothing serious. This very fine and detailed mold looks to have been made by a master carver and is one of the very finest I have ever had the privilege to work with. It will produce a very fine first rate cookie or confection. It looks to be necessary to create more of a border around the image as it goes right up to the sides in a few spots.
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Cham Mold Front
Cham Mold Side 1
This mold measures about 11 3/4” x 7 1/2” and comes to us from the town on Cham in the Bavarian Forest area of Germany. I’m told it had at one time been in use in an old pastry shop there.
As you can see, the original board suffers from years of neglect. It looks to have been stored away and then forgotten. Many times I have received pictures of old molds that look to be in rough condition. Most times a story is relayed to me that the bakers had closed shop and stored their molds in their cellars, attics or barns. Some molds I would imagine may have been damaged and then put away and forgotten as seems to be the case with this, the Cham mold. This mold looks to have cracked and then a metal band was attached to keep it from splitting any more than it had.
We’ll get it in good condition before we replicate it. The finished replica mold should be very close to what the original wooden mold first looked like. Some flaws of the very old molds are cool and help show their age but as a baker I want to see the images as the first baker that used the mold saw. If not exactly, mighty close to it.
7-8-11 Update: After removing the metal band it was discovered that a few nails were driven into the side to keep it together. In order to to get the crack closed, the nail issue will need to be addressed first.
8-20-11 Update: Jerry has finished with the mold and has sent it back to me for replication. Jerry was not able to completely close the crack due to the nails that were originally driven into the sides of the board. He felt that trying to pull them out might do more harm than good. Fortunately he was able to close the gap enough to make it just a hairline crack. Today Alice will be preparing the board for replication. Copies are expected to be made available by the end of August.
Cham Mold Back
Cham Mold Side 2
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Hunter Mold Front
This double sided mold measures about 9 1/4” x 6 7/8” and dates from between about 1780 and 1830. This original mold resides in a private collection here in the USA and we have been given permission to replicate it.
Hunting Mold Back
Above: Notice the image in the upper left corner. It appears to be a Wolfman eating an apple under a apple tree?? The images on the front of the mold are very nice but a few on the bottom seem to be “flat”. They look to me to not be as nicely carved as the images on the top row.
7-8-11 Update: After inspecting this mold closely it was discovered that there are many small fine splits and cracks in the borders around the images. This will require delicate work and patience to correct them in preparation for replication.
The images here on the back are GREAT and have very good depth. No disappointment here at all.
I expect to be able to offer copies from this mold by mid August.
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Weinbacher Spinner Mold. The replica for this mold will be #1612.
This mold measures about 12 7/16” x 7” and depicts a spinner. This mold has great depth, dimension and details and will produce a very beautiful image. Carved around the mid 1800’s, the original wooden mold comes from Nürnberg Germany where it had been in use in a bakery there. This original mold now resides in a small private collection here in the USA. I expect to be able to offer copies of this mold by late August.
7-21-11 Update: BEAUTIFUL, CRISP and nicely detailed is what I can say about this mold after I have completed a “Mother” mold for it. Today I pour the first ever replica of this mold. I’m looking to produce a cookie from it by this Sunday. This mold will produce lovely paper casting for framing.
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Omnibus Mold. The replica mold for this mold will be #1613.
This mold measures about 10 1/2” x 4 1/2” and depicts a Horse-drawn omnibus. This mold has great depth, dimension and details and will produce a very beautiful image. Carved around the mid to late 1800’s, this original mold now resides in a small private collection here in the USA. I expect to be able to offer copies of this mold by late September. I have pressed some of the images and they come out Great.
This will make an excellent addition to your Gingerbread displays.
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I refer to this board as the BirdSong
BirdSong Spekulatius Board : This mold measures about 27” x 5” and contains 12 images. It is as you can see, in a rough condition. Most likely we will only be able to use 10 of the 12 images. Metal strips were screwed into the sides to help keep it together and 2 wooden blocks were screwed in the ends on the backside for strength and support. This original mold was carved somewhere around 1800 – 1840 and had been in use in a bakery in the town of Freiburg im Breisgau. Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
This board will take a while to get in shape.
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