Twig Basket and Tray

Wedgwood

  • Titles Twig Basket and Tray (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium earthenware (drabware)
  • Dimensions basket: 3 x 10 1/8 x 9 in. (7.6 x 25.7 x 22.9 cm) tray: 1 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (2.5 x 26.7 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.565.2011.1-.2
  • Work Type basket and tray
  • Classification Containers

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