51/537

Gingerbread mould with a pattern of 3 fish on a platter and a 6 pointed star surrounded by hearts. From John Denniss, East Hendred .
This wooden gingerbread mould, made of beech wood, is incised with a pattern of three fish on a platter on one side and a six pointed star surrounded by hearts on the other. It was given to Lavinia Smith by Mr John Denniss, whose family had been bakers in East Hendred for 200 years.

1 mould: wood (beech); rectangular

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Mr. John Denniss of East Hendred (Berkshire) gave this gingerbread mould to Miss Smith. The block is 7.85 by 5.75 by 1 inches. On one side there is a design incorporating three fishes on a platter and on the other one including a six pointed start surrounded by hearts. The wood is beech. // See also 51/108 M', Lavinia Smith No. 94., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) – 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 //Small articles on the Wood Table // 93-97. Five gingerbread moulds given to me by John Denniss whose family have been the village bakers for 200 years', Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 45 // Two Gingerbread Moulds // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/538, 51/540, 51/539 and 51/536)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)