Tennis Set

Wedgwood

  • Titles Tennis Set (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions cup: 2 3/4 x 4 x 3 3/4 in. (7 x 10.2 x 9.5 cm) sugar: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm) creamer: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm) tray: 1 5/8 x 6 x 9 1/2 in. (4.1 x 15.2 x 24.1 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.4055.2008.1-.4
  • Work Type tennis set
  • Classification Containers

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