Shell Dishes

Wedgwood

  • Titles Shell Dishes (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium caneware
  • Dimensions each: 1 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (4.4 x 19.7 x 20 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.757.2012.1-.4
  • Work Type dishes
  • Classification Containers

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