Culinary Mold

Staffordshire, England

About 1750

  • Titles Culinary Mold (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium salt-glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 1 × 3 3/8 × 2 7/8 in. (2.5 × 8.6 × 7.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.169.1998
  • Work Type mold
  • Classification Containers

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