Commemorative Covered Box

Wedgwood

1977

  • Titles Commemorative Covered Box (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. Diam. (5.4 x 13.3 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.1087.2008a-b
  • Work Type box with cover
  • Classification Containers

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