Portrait Medallion

Wedgwood

  • Titles Portrait Medallion (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 4 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in. (10.6 x 7.9 x 2.5 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.3706.2008
  • Work Type medallion
  • Classification Medals

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