Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Cedar case and interior

Cedar case and interior

All drawers and doors move easily without binding

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

Done in a celedon green glaze

Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Cedar case and interiorThis 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