Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 2 1/4 x 4 7/16 x 3 11/16 in. (5.7 x 11.3 x 9.4 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.2449.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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