Shell Bowl

Wedgwood

1957

  • Titles Shell Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium earthenware (creamware), glazed
  • Dimensions 5 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 6 in. (14 × 24.1 × 15.2 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.137.2018
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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