Vase with design of China Ball Trees

Maker Maria de Hoa LeBlanc

Manufacturer Newcomb College Pottery

Maker Joseph Meyer

Date1908

Geographic OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana

MediumThown yellow earthenware

DimensionsOverall: H 6 1/2 x Diam 5 1/2 in. (H 16.5 x Diam 14 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1911

Object number11.498

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Object NameVase

Title Details

Primary Title Vase with design of China Ball Trees

Marks and Labels/Stampsimpressed NC cipher stained blue; incised MHLeB cipher stained blue; impressed JM cipher; square paper pottery label printed NEWCOMB POTTERY/Subject/Designs are not duplicated./NEW ORLEANS. in black, with title "China Ball Tree" in red pencil; paper price tag $5.00.ProvenancePurchased by the Museum in 1911from dealer Oliver Olsen (The Furniture Shop) 2273 Broadway, NYC for $5.00.Exhibition History"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
"Great Pots: The Vessel as Art, 1900-2000; 20th Century Ceramics from The Newark Museum", The USB Art Gallery,New York, New York (March 9 - May 19, 2006)
"Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts & Crafts", Stanford University Museum of Art, Stanford, California (July 13 - September 19, 1999); Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, (October 8, 1999- January 2, 2000); Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico (March 7-June 18, 2000); Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Indiana (July 7- October 1, 2000)
"The Forgotten Hand," China Painting in America," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 7 - July 30, 2000)
The Newark Museum Collection of American Art Pottery, Newark, New Jersey (1984)
Modern American Pottery, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (1910)

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