1800\'s \"Speculaas\" Wood Baking Board Cake Press Mold KH WENNINK TE WESTENDORP For Sale

Terrific 19th Century Antique Hand Carved \"Speculaas\" or Springerie\"Cake or Cookie Moldby KH WENNICK TE WESTENDORP Circa 1850-1900Likely Dutch Featuring an Officer on HorsebackApprox: 13.25\" x10.5\" x 1\", just over 3 lbsJust Reduced!
This is a very rare and old hand carved wood press mold or \"Speculaas\" or \"Springerie\" mold. The wood appears to be a burl wood but we are not exactly sure, it is fairly thick and heavy. We found a few others that have sold on in over 20 years and one on Invaluable sale site (it was large and sold for $275), some have sold for less and other even higher. There was one other listed in a Museum in Netherlands as well. A very kind er informed us this was a \"Speculaas\" mold. They were used in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg (and other surrounding areas) around certain holidays to make a spiced shortcrust biscuit (some may call a cookie or cake). Most just identified these as cookie or cake molds. All other\'s we found were noted as Dutch, German, Austrian and the maker names seems to fit, just not 100% sure. We noted country of making as the Netherlands as that was the closest guess given they had one in a museum. Let us know if you have questions. You can also Google search the names to find out more history.
Great decorator piece and addition to any antique press mold collection.
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