Potpourri Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Potpourri Vase with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 3 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (7.6 x 11.4 x 10.5 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.826.2012a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers

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