Wedding Cake, before treatment

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.