Cup and Saucer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup and Saucer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions cup: 3 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (7.6 x 9.2 x 7 cm) saucer: 1 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (2.9 x 13.3 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.3919.2008.1-.2
  • Work Type cup and saucer
  • Classification Containers

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