Dinner Plate

Wedgwood

1933

  • Titles Dinner Plate (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (caneware)
  • Dimensions 1 × 10 1/4 in. Diam. (2.5 × 26 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Sandra J. Still in memory of her mother, Miriam K. Still, AFI.8.2015
  • Work Type plate
  • Classification Containers

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