Tankard

Wedgwood

  • Titles Tankard (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware and pewter
  • Dimensions 5 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. (14 x 10.2 x 8.3 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.949.2008
  • Work Type tankard
  • Classification Containers

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