Wedding Cake Figure
date: label: date made
content: 1950s-1980s
notes: label: Description
content: This wedding cake figure reflects the changing styles of cake toppers through the 20th century. In the early 1900s, figures were made in limited styles and most figures were depicted in formal wedding attire. Grooms wore tuxedos with tails, and brides had long veils. After 1950, cake figures were shown in a greater variety of wedding attire, and began to reflect the physical features of the bride and groom. The couple on this cake figure have light-brown hair, probably similar to the real couple.
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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
label: Exhibition
content: Exhibit:
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0090.03
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0090.03
label: accession number
content: 1992.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1992.90.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: figure
label: Other Terms
content: figure; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.2 cm x 5.5 cm; 4 7/16 in x 2 3/16 in