Vegetable Dish

Wedgwood

  • Titles Vegetable Dish (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium Queen's ware
  • Dimensions 2 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (5.7 x 31.8 x 21.9 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.516.2012
  • Work Type vegetable dish
  • Classification Containers

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