Lot 132

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A Newcomb College Art Pottery Experimental Glaze Vase, c. 1900-10, decorated by Joseph Meyer, dark green dripped over cobalt blue glaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher and Joseph Meyer's potter's mark, height 5 1/8 in the lean years of the Great Depression, Miss Troy sent a number of Newcomb pieces to colleges, museums and civic organizations around the country. Correspondence found in the Tulane University archives from the 1933-34 academic years indicates that Miss Troy sent nine educational exhibitions of Newcomb work-one of which went to the University of Alabama and one to a high school in Minnesota.

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November 19, 2011 10:00 AM CST
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