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Wedding Cake Figure

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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.

date made

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

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Weddings

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6d22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1103714

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