Wine Cooler or Large Vase

Wedgwood

About 1900

  • Titles Wine Cooler or Large Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (caneware)
  • Dimensions 9 3/8 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (23.8 × 24.8 × 16.5 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.149.2018
  • Work Type cooler or vase
  • Classification Containers

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