A year-long exhibition titled "The Palm, the Pine, and the Cypress: Newcomb Pottery of New Orleans" kicks off this weekend at the Louisiana State Museum's Madame John's Legacy, an historic house at ...

For collectors of American pottery, a vase or bowl produced in the early 20 th century by Newcomb Pottery is a real find, especially because of the story behind it. Between 1894 and 1939, Newcomb ...

The record-setting sale of this Newcomb College art pottery vase for $169,200 on June 27 at Neal Auction Co. has caused a sensation among Arts and Crafts pottery collectors. THE PIECE: A Newcomb ...

“All handiwork is not necessarily good, but all good work is handiwork,” was the motto of the man that founded the Newcomb Pottery movement, an enterprise presumably created as a correction for the ...

College art programs rarely produce income for their students, let alone enduring works of art. But Sophie Newcomb College during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was not ordinary and neither ...

Q I would be interested in learning what you think of this chocolate pot and its prospects at auction. Do the slight chips in the finish make it worthless? A The story of American potters and pottery ...

I am constantly asked what kinds of decorative-art ware make the best investments. For me, the question presents a no-win position, because I'm left either to choose something that may not increase in ...

Many experts consider Newcomb Pottery the most significant American pottery produced in the first half of the 20th century. H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was founded in New Orleans in 1886 by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Beginning in England in the early ...