Knife Rest

Wedgwood

About 1800

  • Titles Knife Rest (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 6.7 x 3.2 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.3354.2008
  • Work Type knife rest
  • Classification Containers

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