glazed ceramic
The tallest of broad bottle form, thrown by Joseph Meyer (1848-1931) and tooled by Sarah Irvine (1887-1970) with low-relief decoration of descending tulips, the second-tallest baluster-form and decorated by Sarah Irvine with leaves and fruit, the shortest of low form, thrown by Joseph Meyer and decorated by Alma Mason (1886-1970) with waterlilies, the exteriors glazed blue, blue-green and periwinkle, the interiors of the tallest and shortest with a transparent glaze
Impressed factory marks, various impressed, incised and inscribed date cyphers and artists' marks
5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) high, 5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) diameter, the tallest

Isak Lindenauer Antiques, San Francisco.
The second-tallest acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in December 1994.

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Of the three present vases, the tallest and shortest 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 of the three vases was then hand-tooled to remove all but the relief decoration, the tallest and second-tallest 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; and the shortest by Alma Florence Mason, who enrolled at Newcomb in 1904 and worked at the pottery firm until 1921.