Sphinx Candleholder

Wedgwood

  • Titles Sphinx Candleholder (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 10 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (26 x 8.9 x 16.5 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.571.2011
  • Work Type candleholder
  • Classification Containers

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