Portrait Plaque

Wedgwood

About 1870

  • Titles Portrait Plaque (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 1/2 in. (10.5 × 10.5 × 1.2 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.1171.2008
  • Work Type plaque
  • Classification Medals

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