Shell Vase

Wedgwood

  • Titles Shell Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium creamware with moonstone glaze
  • Dimensions 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 6 in. (13.7 x 21.6 x 15.2 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.831.2008
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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