Michelango Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

About 1885

  • Titles Michelango Vase with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium bone china
  • Dimensions 12 3/4 x 6 x 6 in. (32.4 x 15.2 x 15.2 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.1387.2008a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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