Wedding Cake Figure
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: Subject
content: Weddings
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0301.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0301.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0301
label: catalog number
content: 1992.301.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: figure
label: Other Terms
content: figure; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 4.3 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 11/16 in