Newcomb College Pottery
Vase

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Maker Newcomb College Pottery(American, active 1894–1940)American, active 1894–1940

MakerDecorated by Sarah Agnes Estelle (Sadie) Irvine(American, 1887–1970)American, 1887–1970

CultureAmerican

Titles

Vase

Date1918

Made inNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States

MediumPainted and glazed earthenware

Dimensions11 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (27.9 × 11.4 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in honor of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.75.65

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThe simple shape of this vase is a support for the delicate, moody landscape painted by Sadie Irvine, one of the most famous decorators to work at the Newcomb College Pottery. It opened in 1894 to provide practical experience for ceramic students at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans. The students and graduates decorated the vessels produced by the workshop's master potter.

Provenance[William B. Farlowe, The Acorn, New Orleans]; purchased by MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition History"Containers and Vessels," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 1989–January 1990, subsequent tour

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Marked on bottom: JV25 / 268 / N enclosed by a C for Newcomb College

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