Jug

Wedgwood

About 1850

  • Titles Jug (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium red stoneware
  • Dimensions 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (13.3 × 10.8 × 9.5 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.155.2018
  • Work Type jug
  • Classification Containers

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