Figure

Wedgwood

  • Titles Figure (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 21 7/8 x 7 x 7 3/4 in. (55.6 x 17.8 x 19.7 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.3263.2008
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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Oval medallion with profile portrait of Josiah Wedgwood
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