Biscuit mould

Datasheet
Type of object
Mould
Origin
Switzerland
Technique and material

Wood, metal

Date
Around 1850
Dimensions
5 x 30 cm

Unlike metal baking tins, wooden biscuit moulds were not used for cooking. The biscuit dough had to be removed from such moulds before cooking, by turning the mould upside down and hitting it on a hard worksurface. Hence the cracks in this particular model.