Coffee, or Tea, Cup

Wedgwood

1780-1790

  • Titles Coffee, or Tea, Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (6.4 × 8.9 × 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.3496.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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