Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese All hardware is hand forged

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

Cedar case and interior

This tansu chest measures 14" wide by 9" tall by 8" deep (17

It has a hairline crack in the bottom that appears to have been present since it was fired over 120 years ago

with high carbon laminated steel that holds an edge like no other in the world

Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese All hardware is hand forgedThis 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