Serving Dish with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Serving Dish with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (7 x 19.1 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.4196.2008a-b
  • Work Type serving dish with cover
  • Classification Containers

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