Vase

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 7 in. (23.5 x 29.2 x 17.8 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.3084.2008
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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