Sadie Irvine cabinet vase with willow leaves, 1933, marked NC/UE8/KS/SI, 3-1⁄2" × 3-1⁄2". $1,750
THIS POTTERY WAS established in the art department of Newcomb College in New Orleans in 1897. Each piece was hand-thrown and bore the potter’s mark and decorator’s monogram on the base. It was always a studio business and never operated as a factory. Its pieces are, therefore, scarce, with the early wares eagerly sought. The pottery closed in 1940.
Sadie Irvine cabinet vase with willow leaves, 1933, marked NC/UE8/KS/SI, 3-1⁄2" × 3-1⁄2". $1,750
Anna Frances Simpson small circular trivet with trumpet vine, 1924, marked NC/OC27/AFS, 4" dia. $750
Sadie Irvine tall vase with pine trees and full moon, 1927, marked NC/SI/QP58/325/JM, 9-1⁄4" × 4". $9,375
Sadie Irvine transitional vase with magnolia blossoms, 1907, marked NC/JM/SI/BX67, 5-1⁄2" × 3-1⁄4". $1,375
Rare carved cabinet vase in oxblood glaze, 1932, marked NC/G1/TT38/JH/A, 2-3⁄4" × 3". $1,625
Henrietta Bailey rare seven-piece transitional tea set for two with pine trees, 1911, two teacups and saucers, teapot, sugar bowl, and creamer, all marked NC/HB/EI61, teapot 4" × 5-1⁄2" . $25,000
Sadie Irvine candleholder with pink lilies at top and bottom, 1918, impressed with Newcomb College logo, shape 232, and 1918 date code JM35, incised with artist’s monogram, most of original Newcomb Pottery label present, bruise at rim and small firing separation to bottom, 7" h. $850
Joseph Meyer vase with gloss black glaze, impressed on base with Newcomb insignia, excellent original condition, 3" h. $225
Ada Wilt Lonnegan high glaze lidded creamer with incised and painted irises, lid incised with leaves, 1909, marked with Newcomb logo, date code for 1909 (DD 73), impressed initials of potter Joseph Meyer, and W for white clay body, excellent original condition, 4" h. $3,200
Sadie Irvine vase with trumpet flowers, 1929, marked NC/236/RL24/SI, 7" × 3-3⁄4". $2,750
Henrietta Bailey vase with nicotina blossoms, 1917, marked NC/IY77/721A/HB, 4-1⁄4" × 4-3⁄4". $1,625
Sadie Irvine rare transitional scenic vase with tall pines and full moon, 1915, marked NC/HO8/SI, 8" × 3-1⁄2". $3,625
Mazie Teresa Ryan early two-handled vase with jasmine, 1905, marked NC/M.T. RYAN/AT94, 4-1⁄2" × 4-1⁄2". $3,500
Sadie Irvine vase with carved and painted decoration of flowering vines, marked with Newcomb logo, date code for 1929 (RS 93), monogram of potter Jonathan Hunt, and incised monogram of artist, excellent original condition, no apparent crazing, 6-1⁄2" h. $1,400
Corinne M. Chalaron low bowl with stylized magnolia flowers, 1922, marked NC/JM55/CMC/MQ35, 2-1⁄4" × 7". $1,063
Anna Frances Simpson large scenic vase with Spanish moss, live oaks and full moon, 1922, marked NC/MO35/JM/AFS/211, 11-1⁄4" × 6-1⁄4". $11,875
Henrietta Bailey transitional chamberstick with paperwhites, 1911, marked NC/HB/JM/T/EN24, 6-1⁄4" × 4-1⁄4". $1,625