A Siġġiewi couple are collecting old photos of a “priceless” cake stand that must have graced countless weddings in their home town over the decades. Philip Leone-Ganado spoke to them
It may be just an old cake stand, but to the Siġġiewi couple trying to track down photos of it through the decades it is, in its own small way, part of the history of the town.

Carmen and Philip Pisani were clearing out their basement a few months ago when they came across the cake stand, an imposing four-tiered construction with different ornate decorative patterns on each level. As they later discovered, it is around 90 years old, made by a Maltese artisan out of chrome-plated brass. 
The stand had sat in the basement untouched for some 25 years. The couple had bought it for a confectionary shop they were setting up shortly after returning from living abroad.
But its history with the family dates back further: long before owning it, they had used it at their wedding in Siġġiewi in 1969, as had Ms Pisani’s sister and other family members at their own weddings.
At the time, they explained, most couples in the town held their weddings at the same venue – a hall and garden then owned by Allied…