Platter

Wedgwood

  • Titles Platter (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stone china
  • Dimensions 1 1/2 x 7 x 5 3/8 in. (3.8 x 17.8 x 13.7 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.1124.2011
  • Work Type platter
  • Classification Containers

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