Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

54 248. Pair of Newcomb College Art Pottery Candlesticks , 1925, decorated by Anna Frances Simpson with confederate jasmine, matte glaze with blue, green, white and yellow underglaze, bases marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, reg. no. OL77 and OL78, and shape no. 232, h. 7 3/8 in., dia. 4 1/8 in. $2500/3500 249. Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze Bowl , 1907, decorated by Marie Levering Benson with 3 incised crawfish in blue underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, reg. no. BT 85, and “Q” for buff clay body, dia. 9 1/4 in. $7000/10000 Provenance: D. Benjamin Kleinpeter, Sr. Collection, Baton Rouge, LA. Ill.: Poesch, Jessie, and Sally Main. Newcomb Pottery & Crafts: An Educational Enterprise for Women , 1895‑1940. Schiffer, 2003, p. 86, fig. 3‑153. 250. Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze Handled Vase , 1906, decorated by Sara Bloom Levy with mahonia branches, dark blue and blue‑green underglaze, base marked with an effaced Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, reg. no. BF60, and “W” for white clay body, h. 8 7/8 in. $8000/12000 252. Newcomb College Art Pottery Vase , 1916, decorated by Henrietta Bailey with relief‑carved dogwood blossoms, matte glaze with blue, green, white, and yellow underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, reg. no. IL30, and shape no. 150, h. 9 1/4 in. $5000/7000 Provenance: Drs. Arnold and Helene Gerall, New Orleans, LA and Chapel Hill, NC. 251. Monumental Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze Vase , 1902, decorated by Harriet Coulter Joor with incised and modeled irises, dark blue, green and white underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, reg. no. S7 and “U” for buff clay body, h. 12 1/4 in., dia. 8 1/2 in. $30000/50000 Provenance: Neal Auction Co., Apr. 5, 2003, lot 320; Jean Bragg Gallery, New Orleans, LA.