Sauceboat

Wedgwood

  • Titles Sauceboat (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 6 7/16 x 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (16.4 x 14.6 x 21.6 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.693.2011
  • Work Type sauceboat
  • Classification Containers

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