Object Details
Description
During World War II, wedding cakes were a luxury due to sugar rationing and other restrictions. After the war, the wedding cake became a central part of wedding parties and receptions, and cake figure production boomed. In the 1950s, mass production widened the variety of figures available. This figure, made in 1957, is of a bridesmaid. The wedding cake she sat atop apparently included not only the bride and groom but the wedding party as well.
date made
ca 1957
ID Number
1992.0301.04
catalog number
1992.0301.04
accession number
1992.0301
catalog number
1992.301.4
Object Name
figure
Other Terms
figure; Decoration
Physical Description
plaster (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11 cm x 4 cm; 4 5/16 in x 1 9/16 in
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Weddings
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1103717