Martha’s collection of molds spans centuries—she buys what she likes more than focusing on one era or origin. She uses fish molds for “huge displays of salmon mousse,” she says. The crescent fish, top, with an iron ring and stabilizing “foot” for steadying the mold once filled, and the lobsters, bottom, date to the late 19th century. The fish swimming between them are more recent, from the 1960s.
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