Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium caneware
  • Dimensions 3 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 3 in. (8.9 x 10.5 x 7.6 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.3335.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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