Hot Plate

Wedgwood

  • Titles Hot Plate (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium creamware
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 13 in. (7 x 52.1 x 33 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.747.2012
  • Work Type hot plate
  • Classification Containers

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