Bust of Princess Elizabeth

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bust of Princess Elizabeth (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium creamware with moonstone glaze
  • Dimensions 16 x 9 x 7 3/4 in. (40.6 x 22.9 x 19.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3896.2008
  • Work Type bust
  • Classification Sculpture

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