Cake mold
United States
1840-1940
Measurements
3 in x 8-1/4 in (dia)
Materials
Glazed red earthenware
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.745
Condition Notes
The glaze on the outside of the mold has deteriorated; that on the inside has not.
Comments
This style of mold, often popularly called a Turk's-head mold, was used to mold puddings and cakes. This example features spiral or swirled lobes. The mold is coated in a clear glaze with splotches of black around the outside and around the inside wall near the rim. These specific types of redware molds were made by many different potters over several generations.
Two other very similar cake molds are in the collection. One is made of glazed white earthenware, accession no. 1973.121, and the other is red earthenware with black splotches, 1973.120. A smaller version is accession no. 1963.165.
