Commemorative Vase

Wedgwood

1945-1970

  • Titles Commemorative Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 2 × 1 3/4 in. Diam. (5.1 × 4.4 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.3587.2008
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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