Tureen with Cover and Stand

Wedgwood

  • Titles Tureen with Cover and Stand (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium pearlware
  • Dimensions tureen with cover: 8 x 12 1/2 x 8 in. (20.3 x 31.8 x 20.3 cm) stand: 1 x 12 x 9 1/2 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 24.1 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.1167.2011.1a-b-.2
  • Work Type tureen with cover and stand
  • Classification Containers

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