Vase
Decorative Arts and Design

Vase
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Joseph Fortune Meyer (American 1848-1931), modeler
Anna Frances Simpson (American 1880-1930), decorator
Newcomb Pottery, 1894-1940, New Orleans, LA, maker
Anna Frances Simpson (American 1880-1930), decorator
Newcomb Pottery, 1894-1940, New Orleans, LA, maker
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Earthenware
Accession #
1981.1000.56
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 302
Description
A significant contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement in the early 1890s was made by women working independently, in colonies of artisans, or at schools and universities such as Newcomb College in New Orleans. Though the pots made at Newcomb were thrown and fired by men, it was the female students who executed the distinctive decoration (typically of Southern flora) that won praise from national critics.