Wedding Cake Topper
date: label: date made
content: 1948
notes: label: Description
content: Bride and groom standing arm-in-arm on a flared, circular, lacy scrollwork pedestal base under a wired floral arch topped by a bow and silver bell. Both figures have dark brown hair, light pink skin, fine-lined black brows and eyes, and red lips. She wears a white, square-necked, long-sleeved gown, gloves and a tiara or headpiece embellished with floor-length netting for the veil; an all-white bouquet rests inside her left arm. He sports a black tuxedo with cutaway coat and white bowtie and gloves. Copyright and manufacturer's name incised at back right edge of bride's gown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0090.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0090.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: decoration, cake
label: Other Terms
content: Figure; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster, gypsum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (figures material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (arch material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (wrapping on arch material)
label: Physical Description
content: netting (veil, pedestal backing material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton or linen, starched (flowers and leaves material)
label: Physical Description
content: ribbon, poly (bow material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bell material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 8 5/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 21.9075 cm x 13.335 cm