Rectangular blue jasperware half plaque featuring a putto, figure from the domestic employment series and other classical figures. a later copy of a Wedgwood plaque

Classical figures

England

20th Century copy

  • Titles Classical figures (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • 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.1108.2008.1
  • Object Name plaque
  • Classification Plaques

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