Title
Cachepot
Creator
Potted by Joseph Meyer and Decorated by Henrietta Bailey
Date
1912-1926
Label
#301
Cachepot
Potted by Joseph Meyer and Decorated by Henrietta Bailey
Made at the Newcomb Pottery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1912-1926
Made of Earthenware
Found in the Collection
This cachepot was made at the Newcomb Pottery, part of Newcomb College, a woman’s college in New Orleans founded by the same family who built Newcomb Hall at Washington and Lee.
According to its director, the pottery’s goal was to "provide a livelihood for that large number of women who have artistic tastes, and who do not find the schoolroom or the stenographer's desk or the counter altogether congenial."
Newcomb’s pieces were in soft, muted colors that painted a romantic picture of the American South. As instructor Mary Sheerer put it, "The whole thing was to be a Southern product, made of Southern clays, by Southern artists, decorated with Southern subjects."
This piece is on display in the American Ceramics Gallery.
Cachepot
Potted by Joseph Meyer and Decorated by Henrietta Bailey
Made at the Newcomb Pottery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1912-1926
Made of Earthenware
Found in the Collection
This cachepot was made at the Newcomb Pottery, part of Newcomb College, a woman’s college in New Orleans founded by the same family who built Newcomb Hall at Washington and Lee.
According to its director, the pottery’s goal was to "provide a livelihood for that large number of women who have artistic tastes, and who do not find the schoolroom or the stenographer's desk or the counter altogether congenial."
Newcomb’s pieces were in soft, muted colors that painted a romantic picture of the American South. As instructor Mary Sheerer put it, "The whole thing was to be a Southern product, made of Southern clays, by Southern artists, decorated with Southern subjects."
This piece is on display in the American Ceramics Gallery.
Citation
Potted by Joseph Meyer and Decorated by Henrietta Bailey, “Cachepot,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 6, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/252.