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Archive of moulds, drawings & tools for sugar sculpture

Various, c. 1830

47 moulds for a total of 730 different objects, with 62 tools and 26 drawings. The moulds would have been used to create sculpture for the dinner table, often of sugarpaste, which was popular from medieval times onwards. Some moulds are carved with classical symbols such as helmets; others with gothic and historicising details.

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Title of artwork, date

Archive of moulds, drawings & tools for sugar sculpture, c. 1830

Date supported

2002

Medium and material

Hardwood, metal & ivory tools, paper

Grant

11500

Total cost

32500

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