| The topper that you select for your wedding cake will | | | | glass pearls (perfect with pearl bridal jewelry sets), and |
| be one of the focal points of your wedding reception. | | | | even metallic accents. |
| More and more brides are turning to the classic | | | | The bride and groom are far and away the most |
| vintage wedding cake toppers to give their cakes that | | | | popular style of vintage wedding cake topper. It should |
| little extra something special. To help you find the | | | | be noted that before the 1950s, there were no bride |
| perfect piece, this is what you should know about | | | | and groom sets of color being produced (and they |
| vintage wedding cake toppers. | | | | remained quite rare even after the '50s). You will at |
| If you are lucky, you will have a vintage cake topper | | | | times, however, run across very rare and highly |
| somewhere in your family. Using the same decoration | | | | collectible toppers which have been repainted to |
| on your wedding cake as your parents did on theirs | | | | match the skin tone of the original bride and groom |
| would be a very sweet detail that would make your | | | | who used them at their wedding. A creative bride |
| cake more meaningful. If your parents do not have | | | | could also use this technique today to personalize a |
| their cake topper, be sure to ask around in the rest of | | | | vintage cake topper that she likes. |
| your family. You might just find that your aunt has your | | | | Most of the vintage cake toppers on the market date |
| grandmother's vintage topper tucked away in a box in | | | | from the 1920s through the 1950s and early 1960s |
| her attic just waiting for you. | | | | (after that, the quality tended to decline, making a |
| For those who are not fortunate enough to have a | | | | topper from the 1970s no better or more unique than |
| cake topper in the family, there are plenty of places | | | | one you could buy new today). The most collectible |
| where you can find them. Truly the vintage ones are | | | | toppers come from Europe, especially Germany. Each |
| the most special and interesting, much more so than | | | | decade had its own variations, although there are |
| many of the ones currently being made. They will | | | | more similarities across the years than differences. |
| often be made of finer materials, have handpainted | | | | There are handpainted celluloid Kewpie couples from |
| details, and may have unique whimsical touches that | | | | the 1920s, German bisque, and even figurines with |
| you just won't come across on a contemporary cake | | | | crepe paper clothing. The 1930s ushered in Bakelite |
| topper. Vintage wedding cake toppers abound on | | | | couples, and in the 1940s porcelain brides with net veils |
| ebay, in vintage shops (both online and local), flea | | | | and silk flower bouquets were popular. Some of the |
| markets, and at some bridal shops. If ordering one | | | | best 1950s cake toppers feature debonair grooms in |
| online, read carefully to determine the size and | | | | white dinner jackets with shawl collars arm-in-arm with |
| condition of the piece. | | | | their lovely brides in their sets of pearl bridal jewelry. |
| There are some very sweet cake toppers available. | | | | A vintage cake topper can be a wonderful addition to |
| Lovebirds, doves, wedding bells, and of course the | | | | a modern wedding cake. Picking the perfect one is |
| bride and groom are the most popular themes. Some | | | | also a lot of fun. Whether you are sentimental, |
| of the pieces can be quite ornate and fanciful, | | | | whimsical, or elegant, there is a vintage wedding cake |
| especially the toppers with the chiming bells, which are | | | | topper that would be just perfect for your wedding |
| often part of a large decorative arch. You may find | | | | cake. |
| special touches such as millinery quality silk flowers, | | | | |