Commemorative Vase

Wedgwood

2002

  • Titles Commemorative Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 12 1/8 × 6 × 5 1/4 in. (30.8 × 15.2 × 13.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Stephenson B. Andrews, AFI.92.2014a-b
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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