Object Details
- Description
- Wedding cake toppers were first produced in the 1880s. However, it was not until they were massed produced in the 1950s that the figures began to reflect different races. Before this time, individual bakers, brides, or family members sometimes painted standard figures to resemble a specific couple. This wedding cake figure from 1956 is one of the earliest to reflect the appearance of the bride and groom. In later years, manufacturers have produced cake figures to appeal to different racial and ethnic buyers. They offer a variety of characteristics such as hair and eye color, mustaches, and even moles to personalize the figures.
- ca 1956
- ID Number
- 1992.0301.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0301.01
- accession number
- 1992.0301
- catalog number
- 1992.301.1
- Object Name
- figure
- Other Terms
- figure; Decoration
- Physical Description
- plaster (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 4.3 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 11/16 in
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Food
- Family & Social Life
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Weddings
- Record ID
- nmah_1103714
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6d22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
