Venus Victrix

Wedgwood

About 1880

  • Titles Venus Victrix (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 20 1/2 x 6 x 4 3/4 in. (52.1 x 15.2 x 12.1 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.1371.2008
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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