Two-handled cup

Factory Josiah Wedgwood and Sons British

Factory owner Period of Josiah Wedgwood British

late 18th century

Not on view

For a related late eighteenth-century silver and copper lustered two-handled cup, also made by Wedgwood at his Staffordshire factory, see 11.60.95.

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Title: Two-handled cup
Factory: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present)
Factory owner: Period of Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
Date: late 18th century
Culture: British, Staffordshire
Medium: Lustered, silver and copper
Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Maria P. James, 1911
Object Number: 11.60.94
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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