Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! lacquer box with scholars Based on the context in

Based on the context in which I found it

which appears to read Parker and Wood on front and perhaps a note about location on the back

"The Modern House" by James Ford and Katherine Morrow Ford was first published by the Architectural Book Publishing Co

strung together with an old bootlace and ready to hang on the wall as wonderfully graphic

date to the 1880s or so

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! lacquer box with scholars Based on the context inI 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