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Mary Frances Baker for Newcomb College Pottery
Early plate with playing children
Early plate with playing children
USA, 1906
glazed earthenware ¾ h × 7 dia in (2 × 18 cm)
glazed earthenware ¾ h × 7 dia in (2 × 18 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $3,000
Plate depicts little girls playing "Follow the Leader."
Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside ‘JM NC Q AZ33’ with artist's initials 'MFB'.
provenance: Collection of Sonia and Walter Bob
literature: Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, Poesch, ppg. 123, 129 Newcomb Pottery & Crafts: An Educational Enterprise for Women 1895-1940, Poesch, pg. 135 illustrate this example
This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.