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American Art
Wilmerding Pavilion
Philip & Nancy Anschutz Gallery
Wilmerding Pavilion
Philip & Nancy Anschutz Gallery
Three-handled Mug,
1897–1910
Joseph Fortune Meyer, 1848–1931; born Buthiers, France; died New Orleans, LA
Manufactory: Newcomb College Pottery, American, 1895–1940
Manufactory: Newcomb College Pottery, American, 1895–1940
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Founded in New Orleans in 1895, Newcomb Pottery evolved out of the art program at Tulane University’s Newcomb College for women. Its wares are distinctive for being produced exclusively by students, graduates, and affiliates of the school, as well as for their predominantly Southern imagery, such as the Southern pines on the vase. Bailey designed this unusually large vase from a wheel-thrown blank (or undecorated) vase by longtime Newcomb potter Joseph Meyer, who also produced the slightly earlier three-handled mug, decorated by an unknown artist. The glossy finish and stylized organic ornamentation of the mug characterize Newcomb pottery until about 1910, after which the matte glaze, naturalistic low-relief carving, and monochromatic palette of the vase typify the pottery’s production.
Information
Title
Three-handled Mug
Dates
1897–1910
Maker
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
16 x diam. 19.1 cm (6 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1972-8
Place Made
North America, United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Inscription
Impressed cypher of N with a C, cypher of conjoined JM
Incised W;
Painted cypher of conjoined WL,D'34X, 1 within a shield;
Culture
Type
Materials
Ex-coll. Martin Eidelberg, New Brunswick, NJ
- Robert Judson Clark, et. al., The arts and crafts movement in America, 1876-1916: an exhibition organized by the Art Museum, Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972)., no. 25 (illus.)
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"Acquisitions 1972", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 1 (1973): p. 20-30.
, p. 30 - Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 29 (illus.)
