Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vase with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 19 1/2 x 10 x 9 3/4 in. (49.5 x 25.4 x 24.8 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.581.2011a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers

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