Commemorative Mug

Wedgwood

About 1951

  • Titles Commemorative Mug (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 1 3/4 x 3 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 7.6 x 4.4 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.827.2012
  • Work Type mug
  • Classification Containers

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