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Although wedding cakes were the norm by the mid-19th century, cake toppers only started to gain popularity towards the late 1890's. The most popular types of toppers were bells, flowers and miniature bride and groom figurines.

Initially, the toppers were homemade creations of gum paste or plaster but by the time 1920 arrived, and toppers were officially de rigeur in high society, they began to be made of glass, paper and wood and commercial manufacture began in Germany, Japan and the USA. By 1927 the concept of wedding cake toppers was so accepted that Sears and Roebuck dedicated an entire page of their mail order catalogue to wedding cake ornaments.

Nowadays, vintage cake toppers are highly prized collectors items and one of the best places to find them, on the Internet, is at Fancy Flours. They are not cheap, but they ARE authentic. Or try browsing on eBay - you might just get lucky and find one at a lower price.

A vintage cake topper would add a fun (and nostalgic) touch to your 1920's wedding and what great keepsake it would be too. One that would likely increase in value as the years pass.