Auction: 20th Century Design - 2439Location: BostonDate / Time: December 20, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Newcomb College Decorated Pottery Pitcher
Clay in glossy glaze
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1902
Slender form decorated with yellow flowers and arrowheads in green outlined in black, marks on base include JM for Joseph Meyer, potter; HJ for Harriet Coulter Joor, decorator; NC for Newcomb College, U for white clay and G30, repaired handle, arrested damage, ht. 6 3/4 in.
Provenance: From the family of William E. Roberts. Mr. Roberts's sister was Gertrude Roberts Smith, an early member of the Newcomb College faculty.
Literature: Hattie Joor was one of the first students to attend Arthur Wesley Dow's summer school in Ipswich in 1900. See Newcomb Pottery, by Jessie Poesch, p. 100.
Estimate $400-600
Keywords
Newcomb College, William E. Roberts, New Orleans, Harriet Coulter Joor, Joseph Meyer, Louisiana, Gertrude Roberts Smith, early member , Arthur Wesley Dow, Hattie Joor, Jessie Poesch
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