Food Mold

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Food Mold

Entry/Object ID

2008.005.101

Description

A heavy molded and white glazed ironstone mold for gelatins and jellies. The oval shaped mold has a deeply Scalloped rim with straight sided flutes descending into the well. The exterior of the mold is then stepped in to a flat band, thence to a diminishing band to a flat, unfooted glazed base. The interior is heavily glazed with white glaze. The fluted sides terminate in a scalloped ridge, thence to a deeply indented well. The well is molded with a four diamond pointed side element, thence to an ocean swirl wtih three wells, two convex, the center one concave.

Collection

Beulah Marshall Bailey Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Jelly Mold, Food Mold, Gelatin Mold, Pudding Mold

Dimensions

Height

4-3/8 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Depth

4 in

Length

7 in

Dimension Notes

Depth measured from top to interior bottom.

Material

Clay, Glaze

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Yellow Ware: The Transitional Ceramic. Leibowitz, Joan. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA. 1985.