Wedding Cake, before treatment
Wedding Cake, after treatment
Summary
Description: The object is a wedding cake tier and topper. Incoming documentation indicate the object is German in orgin and dated to 1890. The cake topper consists of bride and groom figures, a flower vase with two doves on a decorative, sugar paste pedestal, and an iced cake layer. The cake is likely a fruit cake with sugar paste icing.
Condition: The overall structure is unstable, and there is a layer of dust and grime overall. The groom figure is missing multiple elements including a proper left arm, proper right foot, and a portion of the hair.
The sugarpaste elements are friable and unstable.

Proper left, before treatment

Proper left, after treatment