Jug

Wedgwood

  • Titles Jug (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 4 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (10.2 x 12.4 x 8.3 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.1234.2011
  • Work Type jug
  • Classification Containers

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