Teapot with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Teapot with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions 9 3/4 x 9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.8 x 23.2 x 18.7 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.4111.2008a-b
  • Work Type teapot with cover
  • Classification Containers

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