Bell Pull

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bell Pull (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (10.8 x 3.8 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.3657.2008.1-.2
  • Work Type bell pull
  • Classification Containers

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