Cache Pot

Wedgwood

  • Titles Cache Pot (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 5 x 6 3/8 in. (12.7 x 16.2 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.550.2011
  • Work Type pot
  • Classification Containers

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