Glacier with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Glacier with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium creamware
  • Dimensions 8 x 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (20.3 x 24.1 x 19.7 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.1104.2011a-b
  • Work Type glacier with cover
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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