Carafe

Wedgwood

  • Titles Carafe (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium terracotta
  • Dimensions 9 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. Diam. (24.1 x 14.9 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.778.2012
  • Work Type carafe
  • Classification Containers

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