Pestle

Wedgwood

About 1900

  • Titles Pestle (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware and wood
  • Dimensions 8 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. Diam. (21 × 4.1 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.138.2018
  • Work Type pestle
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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