Wedding Cake Figure

Description:

Bride and groom standing arm-in-arm on a tall, square pedestal base, the groom holding a derby or top hat. The groom has brown-black hair and the bride has yellow-blonde hair; both figures have ivory pink-skinned faces and hands, black dots for eyes and red-brown lips. She wears a plain, white, long-sleeved gown and holds a red and green bouquet in her left hand; no headpiece or veil. He sports a black tuxedo with cutaway coat and white bowtie. Hollow cast with hole on underside; back of base stamped incuse or incised "Germany".

Date Made: 1940 - 1950

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1992.0090.08Catalog Number: 1992.0090.08Accession Number: 1992.0090

Object Name: decoration, cakeOther Terms: Figure; Decoration

Physical Description: porcelain, bisque (overall material)enamel (decoration material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.6675 cm x 2.8575 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-4598-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1098845

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