Cup and Saucer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup and Saucer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware or bone china
  • Dimensions cup: 1 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 7/16 in. (4.8 x 11.1 x 8.7 cm) saucer: 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (1.6 x 14 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.2497.2008.1-.2
  • Work Type cup and saucer
  • Classification Containers

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