Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Wedgwood

  • Titles Snuff Bottle with Stopper (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 2 15/16 x 2 x 1 3/8 in. (7.5 x 5.1 x 3.5 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.940.2008a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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