Pair of Candlesticks

Wedgwood

  • Titles Pair of Candlesticks (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions each: 8 x 5 3/4 in. Diam. (20.3 x 14.6 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.730.2010.1-.2
  • Work Type candlesticks
  • Classification Containers

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