Vase

Object NameVase

Studio Newcomb College Pottery (American (New Orleans, LA), 1895 - 1940)

Artist / MakerDecorated by Anna Francis Connor Simpson (American, 1880 - 1930)

Artist / MakerDecorated by Maude Robinson

Artist / MakerPotter Joseph Fortuné Meyer (French-American, 1848 - 1931)

Date1910

MediumCeramic

Dimensions6 × 5 × 5 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Ceramics

Credit LinePurchased by University Museums. Funded by Carol Pletcher and the Neva M. Petersen Aquisition Endowment Fund. In the permanent collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM2017.152

Status

Not on view

Collections

Decorative Arts

CultureAmerican

Label TextThis is a rare 1910 example of a double signed Newcomb Pottery high glaze vase by potter Joseph Fortune Meyer with a combined decorating effort by Anna Francis Simpson and Maude Robinson. The emergence of new design schools afforded opportunities for women, particularly at places such as Newcomb College in New Orleans, which had established a pottery to provide employment for young women who had trained in its art program. The Arts and Crafts commitment to decoration inspired by local plants and flowers is clearly seen in Newcomb pottery, where the primary motifs are magnolias, live oaks, hanging moss, and cypress trees.

MarkingsImpressed marks include the Newcomb College logo, the M monogram of potter Joseph Meyer and the letter K for a clay body used with glossy Newcomb. The date code DT-56 for 1910 is written in cobalt slip as are the decorators marks that include the monogram for Anna Francis Simpson and the signature for Maude Robinson.

PeriodArts and Crafts

Locations