Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! waterscape And sweep the sounding lyre

And sweep the sounding lyre

This basket is in very good condition

which I purchased from a seller in the Netherlands

It seems a bit more like ceramic than plaster (and is quite heavy)

On this one orange paper was used on one side and blue on the other--folded

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! waterscape And sweep the sounding lyreI see a lot of old wooden industrial molds but only occasionally do I across across ones like this, filled with a pitch wood resin mold material, and used for casting ornaments for architecture, molding and picture frames. This is the smallest of several I'm listing, which photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense) the mold itself has a really visceral presence, feeling like a cross