Soup Plates

Wedgwood

  • Titles Soup Plates (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions each: 1 5/16 x 9 13/16 in. (3.3 x 24.9 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.4172.2008.1-.5
  • Work Type soup plates
  • Classification Containers

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