Hot Milk Jug and Cover

France

  • Titles Hot Milk Jug and Cover (Descriptive)
  • Medium jasperware
  • 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.638.2008a-b
  • Work Type jug with cover
  • Classification Containers

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