Thomas Bentley

Josiah Wedgwood British

ca. 1780–1800

Not on view

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Title: Thomas Bentley
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
Date: ca. 1780–1800
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Medium: Jasperware
Dimensions: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
Object Number: 50.187.9
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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