Bulb Pot with Insert

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bulb Pot with Insert (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium jasper
  • Dimensions 5 x 8 x 4 1/4 in. (12.7 x 20.3 x 10.8 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.1196.2011a-b
  • Work Type pot with insert
  • Classification Containers

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