Newcomb Pottery (1895–1939)
In 1895 Ellsworth Woodward, on the staff at Sophie Newcomb College, a women’s college in New Orleans persuaded the college to start a pottery class and sell the students’ products. Woodward believed the class would provide vocational training for the women and increase their appreciation of arts and crafts. Joseph Fortune Meyer was chief potter; Paul Cox was technician. George Ohr taught there briefly.
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