Name of Object:

Wedgwood ‘drabware’

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

1815–20

Inventory Number:

1989_1102_1-3

Provenance:

United Kingdom

Description:

Illustrates the influence of Egyptian motifs on Victorian ceramics. Part of the second wave of Egyptianisation, related to the construction of the Suez Canal.

Type of Object

Ceramic

Citation of this web page:

"Wedgwood ‘drabware’" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;37;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 037