Carafe with Stopper and Stand

Wedgwood

  • Titles Carafe with Stopper and Stand (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium terracotta
  • Dimensions 12 x 7 in. Diam. (30.5 x 17.8 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.779.2012.1a-b-.2
  • Work Type carafe with stopper and stand
  • Classification Containers

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Bust front.