glazed ceramic
Each of narrow form and thrown by Joseph Meyer (1848-1931), the tallest tooled with low-relief freesia flower decoration by Sarah "Sadie" Irvine (1887-1970), the second-tallest with a moonlit landscape by Anna Frances Simpson (1880-1930), the shortest with tulips by Henrietta Bailey (1874-1950), the exteriors glazed blue, blue-green and periwinkle, the interiors with a transparent glaze
Impressed CN factory marks, various impressed, incised and inscribed date cyphers and artists' marks
6¹⁄₂ in. (16.5 cm.) high, 3³⁄₄ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter, the tallest

Isak Lindenauer Antiques, San Francisco, November 1995, the tallest.
Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, 6 November 1995, lot 68, the second-tallest.
Isak Lindenauer Antiques, San Francisco, July 1995, the shortest.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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The three present vases were each thrown by Newcomb's most prolific potter, Joseph Fortune Meyer, who was in charge of forming the firm's ceramic bodies for the period spanning circa 1897-1927. After being thrown, each was then hand-tooled to remove all but the relief decoration, the tallest vase by Sarah "Sadie" Irvine, who entered Newcomb College in 1902 and continued working at the pottery until 1952, becoming additionally an embroiderer, graphic artist and ceramics instructor over the course of her career; the second-tallest vase by Anna Frances Simpson, who enrolled at Newcomb in the same class as Sadie Irvine and worked at the pottery firm until 1929, also becoming a printmaker and embroiderer during her tenure; and the shortest vase by Henrietta Bailey, who enrolled at Tulane circa 1899 and worked at the pottery, including as an instructor, until her retirement in 1938.