Button

Wedgwood

  • Titles Button (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium jasperware and metal
  • Dimensions 5/8 x 1/2 in. (1.6 x 1.3 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.2794.2008
  • Work Type button
  • Classification Costume

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