Port Container with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Port Container with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 12 3/4 x 14 x 7 1/2 in. (32.4 x 35.6 x 19.1 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.2947.2008a-b
  • Work Type container with cover
  • Classification Containers

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