Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf pottery apple Without facial features

Without facial features

very pear-like bruising

but I really have no idea

I recently found another postcard featuring a baby having just spilled a bottle of black ink all over the place

indicating that these were actively used

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf pottery apple Without facial featuresI 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