Punch Pot with Cover

Whieldon

  • Titles Punch Pot with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Whieldon, England
  • Medium glazed creamware
  • Dimensions 9 3/4 x 14 x 8 3/4 in. (24.8 x 35.6 x 22.2 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.921.2011a-b
  • Work Type punch pot with cover
  • Classification Containers

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