Decorative ornament (5) - Netherlands - Speculaas boards

These beautiful wooden speculaas boards were once used to make speculaas cookies or taai taai figures or gingerbread cookies, a cookie that could be eaten all year round, but was especially popular around Sinterklaas. (Birthday of the Bishop of Myra, December 5/6).
The dough was pressed firmly into the shape, and the excess dough was cut away. The cookies then went into the oven (on a kind of baking sheet) and were especially enjoyed by children and delicious.
Nowadays these boards are used as decorations in (living) kitchens, living rooms and restaurants etc., where they mainly provide a rustic appearance. In most boards there is therefore a hole drilled so they can be easily hung.
Board 1; the heaviest board; 850 grams, H 57 X W 14.5 X D 2 cm. On this vintage wooden speculaas cookie board with 12 figures; including a chicken, a rooster, a squirrel and a boat. It is common with this large board to simply place it somewhere against a wall.
Board 2: a very large figure, the image is of a man and it weighs 850 grams and is H 44.5 X W 14.5 X D 2 cm
Board 3: as many as 4 different cookies can be made on this one. The board weighs 3.40 grams, H 39 X W 6.7 X D 2 cm. The figures again depict a boat, a mill, etc.
Board 4: a beautiful lady with a huge hat and an almost royal dress. The board weighs 300 grams and H 35 X W 12 X D 2 cm. It may be that the figure Sarah is depicted.
Board 5: again a lady but simpler, more someone dressed in the traditional clothing of the people. The board weighs only 220 grams and is H 24.8 X W 6.7 X D 2.4 cm.
The boards are well packed and shipped in one package. The package will weigh around 3 kilograms.