Miniature Gravy Boat and Underplate

Wedgwood

  • Titles Miniature Gravy Boat and Underplate (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions plate: 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (1.3 x 8.6 x 6.4 cm) gravy boat: 1 7/8 x 3 x 1 1/4 in. (4.8 x 7.6 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.751.2010.1-.2
  • Work Type gravy boat and underplate
  • Classification Containers

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