Crocus Pot with Inserts

Wedgwood

  • Titles Crocus Pot with Inserts (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 5 1/4 x 9 x 7 1/2 in. (13.3 x 22.9 x 19.1 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.3941.2008a-f
  • Work Type pot with inserts
  • Classification Containers

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