Tea Urn with Cover and Strainer

Wedgwood

  • Titles Tea Urn with Cover and Strainer (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 13 x 7 x 9 in. (33 x 17.8 x 22.9 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.1179.2011a-c
  • Work Type urn with cover and strainer
  • Classification Containers

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