Planter

Wedgwood

  • Titles Planter (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 4 1/2 x 11 in. Diam. (11.4 x 27.9 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.3934.2008
  • Work Type planter
  • Classification Containers

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