Trial plaque for the portland vase

Wedgwood

About 1970

  • Titles Trial plaque for the portland vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3/16 in. (19 × 19 × 0.5 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.1113.2008
  • Work Type plaque
  • Classification Plaques

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