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Newcomb College
was founded in 1886 by Josephine Louise Newcomb, and an art curriculum
was part of the course work from the start. Art classes were held which
taught that there was beauty in practical and simple things. The college
hired people like Ellsworth Woodward from the Rhode Island School of Design,
one of the leading design institutions of the time. To Woodward, he saw
the art department as a vehicle through which to train a new generation
of young women artists. Soon after Woodward's arrival, the college also
hired Mary Sheerer to teach pottery making and decoration. She was already
a recognized authority on pottery and ceramics and a graduate of the Cincinnati
Art Academy, and with her on the faculty a spotlight began to fall on the
college and its students. Newcomb Pottery was established in 1894, and
just after the turn of the century Woodward persuaded the college to fund
a separate pottery building and sales floor.
Art Class in the Pottery
Building c. 1905 |
Pottery Display Room
c. 1905 |
Newcomb Pottery was heavily influenced
and inspired by the English Arts & Crafts movement, precursor
to the American Arts
& Crafts period. Nevertheless, it exhibited a unique originality
in its distinct southern motifs. Newcomb Pottery was one of the
finest American examples of hand crafted art pottery, and it was
praised by art critics and loved by consumers. Newcomb had the
unusual segmentation of having all male potters and all female
designers, and in a strange way unleashed superlative creativity
by both sexes. The designs reflected their heritage in the old
south, with floral decorations distinct to the region and made
from the high quality local clay. Many graduates went on to work
at the pottery, and a very familial environment was always present.
Newcomb adhered to high standards of quality, and profitability
was never a central focus of the firm as was true at many other
contemporary art potteries at the turn of the century. Every piece
of Newcomb pottery was hand crafted and custom, and no two pieces
are alike. The pottery won recognition internationally as well,
winning 8 medals at international expositions, and it was exhibited
around the world. The pottery was sold in shops and consignment
stores across the country and were advertised in the school magazine,
the Newcomb Arcade. The pottery works were in production until
the advent of World War II, a span of almost 50 years, and over
60,000 unique works were produced.
The earliest marks were
simply the name of the college, used from the founding until
approximately 1900. A mark of an N inside a C was used from
the middle of 1897 until the early 1940s when production ceased.
Newcomb is best known for their unique shades of blue and green
ceramic although other colors were produced as well. Earlier
work tended to be done in earth tones of green and yellow, while
the early 1900s saw more use of a transparent matte glaze over
blue and green base colors, with pinks appearing in the early
to mid 1920s of the Art Deco period and a cobalt blue color
first appearing in the 1930s. Of the many female designers who
worked at Newcomb, Sadie Irvine was the best known and was working
at the pottery for most of its years of existence. She enrolled
at Newcomb College in 1902 and graduated in 1906, and she was
the cornerstone of the design team from 1908 until 1929. After
that, she stayed at the college and taught pottery design, drawing,
watercolor, and embroidery until her retirement in 1952.
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