Sauceboat with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Sauceboat with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 6 x 9 1/16 x 6 5/8 in. (15.2 x 23 x 16.8 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.4183.2008a-b
  • Work Type sauceboat with cover
  • Classification Containers

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