Pie Dish with Cover and Rim

Wedgwood

  • Titles Pie Dish with Cover and Rim (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium caneware
  • Dimensions 2 15/16 x 9 x 6 3/8 in. (7.5 x 22.9 x 16.2 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.3322.2008a-c
  • Work Type dish with cover and rim
  • Classification Containers

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