Bust of Shakespeare

Staffordshire

  • Titles Bust of Shakespeare (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (27.3 x 14.6 x 10.8 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.549.2011
  • Work Type bust
  • Classification Sculpture

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