Rousseau

Wedgwood

About 1970

  • Titles Rousseau (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 1/8 in. (7.1 × 5 × 0.3 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.1187.2008
  • Work Type portrait medallion
  • Classification Medals

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