Cup and Saucer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cup and Saucer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware or bone china
  • Dimensions cup: 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. (6.4 x 8.6 x 5.9 cm) saucer: 1 3/16 x 5 5/8 in. (3 x 14.3 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.2502.2008.1-.2
  • Work Type cup and saucer
  • Classification Containers

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