Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vase with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 12 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. Diam. (31.1 x 15.6 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.821.2010a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers

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