Auction: 20th Century Design - 2439Location: BostonDate / Time: December 20, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Newcomb College Pottery Mug
Clay with glossy glaze
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1906
Modeled and incised decorative band in shades of blue and green, marked on base with NC cipher, JM for Joseph Meyer, potter, two interlocking L's, one backwards, probably Louise Le Beuf, Q for buff clay and BH56, ht. 4 3/4 in.
Provenance: From the family of William E. Roberts. Mr. Roberts's sister was Gertrude Roberts Smith, an early member of the Newcomb College faculty.
Estimate $1,200-1,600