Cake Mold

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cake Mold

Entry/Object ID

2006.037.2

Description

One redware Turk's-Cap cake or pudding mold with black or dark brown manganese spots on the inside and outside of the mold. The mold has a fluted shape with a scalloped edge. It is unmarked, but George Hamell attributes it to Western New York in that it "very closely conforms to those made by Alvin Wilcox, West Bloomfield, NY. Very similar in proportions and identical in the number and modeling of the flutes."

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Attrib to Wilcox, Alvin, 1801-1862

Date made

1850 - 1855

Place

Village

Bloomfield

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Search Terms

Redware, Food, Foodways, Food Preparation

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Diameter

8-1/2 in

Material

Redware

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Ketchum, Jr., William C. Potters and Potteries of New York State, 1650-1900. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 1987.