Impressive Newcomb College Art Pottery Vase, 1917, decorated by Sadie Irvine with the moon and St. Tammany pines, matte glaze with yellow, blue and green underglaze, the base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator's mark, Joseph Meyer potter's mark, reg. no. IZ63, shape no. 133, h. 10-1/2", dia. 5". Provenance: Succession of George S. "Dod" Stewart, Slidell, Louisiana.

An old restored hairline through opposing sides of the top, down from the rim edge into the shoulder; one 3-3/4", the other 2-/1/2". These are only readily visible on the band and rim edge, but are well-integrated at both shoulders (these appear as slight discolorations within the tree top and do fluoresce under black light). The restoration appears to have been professionally executed quite some time ago. These do not affect the "moon" side.