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Vintage Cake Toppers

April 30th, 2007 @ 6:36 pm by Mrs. Lovebug

There are some issues in this world that really tend to polarize people: politics, religion, cake toppers

I for one come down firmly on the side of Switzerland regarding this last item. But I do know this. If I were sure I wanted one, and I were sure my wedding were going to be retro-riffic, I’d know where to go. Fancy Flours has a great selection of vintage toppers from the 20s through the 70s. They range in condition (poor to mint) and accordingly, price ($65 to $195):


Can’t you just hear the Gerswhin?

Love the top hat.

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Parasols!
An officer and a Jackie O.-woman

Not for everyone, of course. But somewhere out there, there’s got to be a couple cool enough to pull something like this off. And if that’s you, you owe to the rest of us to do so. We salute you, O imaginary retro-modern bride and groom!

Also available on Fancy Flours, a vintage Japanese netsuke cake topper made of, get this: woolly mammoth ivory:

None of the pesky guilt you get with elephant ivory here! Blame it on Paleolithic poachers.

At $350, this one is a, um, mammoth investment. But wow, what a keepsake.

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9 Responses to “Vintage Cake Toppers”

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Sarah

Our custom brushed stainless monogram cake topper was our first wedding purchase. Now whenever we go to the cake store for FI to get candymaking supplies (natch), I make him go over to the Wall of Tulle-and-Plastic Cake Toppers and tell me how wonderful I am for not getting one of them.

The woolly mammoth one would be good for chess players–just swap out your boring old king and queen for those!

 
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2ingkos

Wow. They are certainly unique and different. They’d be great especially if you wanted to incorporate your Japanese heritage. Compared to Anne Woods bird cake toppers (which I love, but how much for those!?!?@?!?), they almost seem reasonable price wise.

 
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Pencils

I bought a lovely pearlized bisque topper from the 1930s on eBay. For a lot less than on Fancy Flours. Theirs are in excellent condition, but you can get them for much cheaper on eBay, and for really cheap if you don’t mind doing a little paint touch up yourself. Mine is in wonderful condition and I paid about $60 for it–and only that much because I really wanted it but someone was bidding against me. However, it’s not going on the cake, it’s too big and heavy, it will sit on the cake table. We have several other toppers as well. Couldn’t stop buying very different ones!

 
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Melissa Sue

i posed this in the patch thread but that convo was dead by the time i got there…. so again, here’s mine! woo!

http://community.livejournal.com/diy_weddings/431609.html

cake toppers are fun! woo!

 
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Alice

I ordered this from Wilton. It’s super cheap! I was annoyed that their idea of “ethnic” is Africian American and they only had figures with blue eyes. I am Asian American so I am going to have my brother paint the eyes brown.

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=44C05E56-423B-522D-FDB6555E3A7CD125

 
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Iris

The “Jackie O” one struck me as Judy Garland.

Not understanding that the vintage Japanese couple is a vintage cake topper since wedding cake is western… are they decorative pieces being marketed as a cake topper, as a creative application (cool idea), tho not originally designed as a cake topper?

 
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Pencils

I believe the netsuke are decorative pieces being marketed as cake toppers. There aren’t that many small decorative pieces of brides and grooms out there, surprisingly. I looked into it. There are larger pieces, and dolls, but not many small enough for a cake. There are salt and pepper shakers, many of which are comical, and then there are ones that are a young bride and groom on one side, and an elderly couple on the other, or a fat middle aged couple, or a fat guy in a T-shirt and a pregnant woman in curlers. Also “comical,” in a creepy way. Or maybe I didn’t look hard enough.

 
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Iris

Thanks, Pencils. Makes sense.

 
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seasprite

Here’s another alternative to conventional caketoppers: http://www.claycakes.com/.

 


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