Wedding Cake Topper

Description:

Bride and groom standing arm-in-arm on a stepped, heart-shaped base. Both figures have brown hair and brows, ivory-pink skin, blue eyes, and dark red lips. She wears a cap-sleeved white gown with bell-shaped skirt adorned by a bow at back along with long white gloves; dress neckline and her single-bloom bouquet are picked out in gold, while her head is embellished with a floor-length, white tulle veil stitched to six pearls for the headpiece. He sports a black tuxedo with buttoned coat and black bowtie; no gloves. Hollow cast; stamped "JAPAN" in red between two holes on underside.

Date Made: ca 1950 - 1960

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Japan

Subject: Weddings

Subject:

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2007.0113.02Catalog Number: 2007.0113.02Accession Number: 2007.0113

Object Name: decoration, cake

Physical Description: porcelain (overall material)enamel (decoration material)gold (dress neckline, bouquet material)pearl (headpiece material)wire (headpiece material)thread (headpiece material)tulle, nylon (veil material)Measurements: overall: 2 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 3 in; 6.6675 cm x 11.7475 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-2de5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1328379

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