Dish

Wedgwood

  • Titles Dish (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium creamware
  • Dimensions 1 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 6 in. (3.5 x 23.8 x 15.2 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.4001.2008
  • Work Type dish
  • Classification Containers

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Head in profile right.