This same vase is in the Morse collection, thrown by Jonathan Browne Hunt and decorated by Anna Francis Simpson. Apprx 4-7/8" x 6", signed on verso.
In 1886 Josephine Louise Newcomb made a gift to Tulane University to establish the nation"s first coordinate women's school, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial School, named for the widow's daughter. Newcomb administrators set Morris-like standards: the pots were to be well-designed, one of a kind, hand-thrown and hand-decorated utilitarian pieces. Decoration was to be inspired by Louisiana flora and fauna. Local clays dugs north of Lake Pontchartrain were used (although suitable clay for throwing required the addition of various materials from Alabama, South Carolina, New Jersey, Kentucky and Indiana). Before Newcomb pottery was offered to the public for sale, its quality had to pass a rigorous assessment by a four-person faculty jury. If a piece did not meet criteria of the committee, the College?s impressed cipher of an "N" within a "C" was ground off the bottom of the pot with an abrasive wheel.
300/500 Sold $1,391.50
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