Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware or bone china
  • Dimensions 2 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (6.7 x 11.1 x 8.6 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.2506.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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