Argyle with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Argyle with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 5 3/4 x 6 x 4 3/4 in. (14.6 x 15.2 x 12.1 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.1103.2011a-b
  • Work Type argyle with cover
  • Classification Containers

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