EditorialBread baker's guild from Middelburg, guild token with no. 14, Brass token. Front: two crowned, crossed bread shooters, on which two sandwiches lie, placed on a heart on which a scale rests, above: three round loaves in leaf wreath, left: pretzel in a w...
EditorialBread baker's guild from Middelburg, guild token with no. 24, Brass token. Front: two crowned, crossed bread shooters, on which two sandwiches lie, placed on a heart on which a scale rests, above: three round loaves in leaf wreath, left: pretzel in a w...
EditorialLeaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Ornamental Border with Pea Vines and a Girl Kneading Bread (recto) and Ornamental Boarder with Carnations, a Thistle, and a Cook Ladling Soup (verso) (1 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim(?), 16th cen...
EditorialLeaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Ornamental Border with Pea Vines and a Girl Kneading Bread (recto) and Ornamental Boarder with Carnations, a Thistle, and a Cook Ladling Soup (verso) (1 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim(?), 16th cen...
EditorialWooden models showing bakers at work, 12th dynasty, around 1900 BCE. The faces of the men are carefully painted with intent expressions. Muscles on the rear figure show the effort of kneading; the foremost figure shields his face against the heat when ...
EditorialFemale figurine kneading dough(?), Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. She has a cylindrical lower body that merges with a round splaying base. S...