Pipe Stand

Wedgwood

1880-1890

  • Titles Pipe Stand (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 3 3/8 × 2 × 1 1/16 in. (8.6 × 5.1 × 2.7 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.1988.2008
  • Work Type pipe stand
  • Classification Containers

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