Custard Cup

Wedgwood

  • Titles Custard Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (4.4 x 6 x 4.8 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.3963.2008
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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