Antique Wedding Cake Stands
Traditional wedding cakes are back in style and one great way to show them off is with a beautiful antique cake stand. Some of these stands are handed down in families and others find their way into antique stores for us to find. Antique cake stands are made from glass, silver, ceramic and iron. It is really amazing that so many of these old gems are still with us today. The prices of the antique stands range anywhere from $25.00 all the way up to $500 or more for solid sterling silver plates.
You can find some beautiful antique glass pedestal cake stands in antique stores and online. Many of these cake stands are from the late 1800’s and still in wonderful condition. The cake stands are usually about 9 to 10 inches in diameter and the asking price is typically around $75 – $150, depending upon the condition of the stand.
If you like antique silver, you should be able to find some nice antique Edwardian silver plated 3 tier cake stand from European and American antique dealers. These multi-tiered wedding cake stands often have removable plates and beautiful engraved or beaded borders. The cake plates are usually about 7 inches in diameter. During the Victorian era, large silver cake plates were also made, starting in about 1850. The stands had intricate floral designs or piercing on the borders. You can occasionally find a solid silver cake stand, but the majority of them are silver plate.
You can find ceramic cake plates from the early 1900’s that are in good condition. These cake plates were popular in England for serving tea cakes. They often have pretty floral patterns and one of these would make a nice wedding cake stand at a wedding with a traditional or retro theme.
And finally, the silver platform cake stands that are so popular today are reproductions of French or English antique stands that typically had a mirror base and beautiful hand carvings. If you are interested in having an antique wedding cake stand you can look at antique stores for some of these beautiful old cake stands. If you have no luck at local stores in your area, you may be able to find a nice cake stand at an online antique dealer.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:51 am
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