Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Each box is covered with

Each box is covered with over twenty layers of lacquer

All hardware is hand forged iron with square handles and detailed lock plates

This is a framed and matted watercolor painting of two ladies with parasols under a blooming cherry tree

Blade width: 1 5/8" (41mm)

Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Each box is covered withThis is an vintage Japanese cake mold known as a Kashigata. It is made of wild cherry wood that has been allowed to cure for over 5 years before carving. Carved in the shape of a turtle in front of a sake dish. When filled with a dough consisting of soy flour and sugar it makes a lovely cake. Thiskashigata measures 7" long by 4" wide by 1" deep. Having been well used yet well loved for much of the past century, thiskashigata remains in very fine