Port Barrel with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Port Barrel with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. (19.7 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm) cover: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (1.3 x 8.6 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.2948.2008a-b
  • Work Type barrel with cover
  • Classification Containers

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