Vase with Cover

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vase with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Dimensions 9 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (22.9 x 12.1 x 9.5 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.840.2012a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers

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