A few examples of appraisal values for
LEONA NICHOLSON

• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. rare tile and postcard depicting Joseph Fortune Meyer. c. 1916, glazed earthenware. 5 h × 5 w × ¾ d in. result: $3,250. estimate: $2,000–3,000. Meyer was a professional potter who was in charge of throwing all pieces at Newcomb for thirty years from 1896 through 1927. He had helped to build the kilns and was a greatly admired figure during his tenure. Postcard measures: 6 h x 4 w inches. Incised signature to verso of tile ‘LN NC’.
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. Early bud vase with cicadas. 1906, glazed earthenware. 6¼ h × 2½ dia in. result: $6,250. estimate: $3,500–4,500. Impressed and glazed manufacturer's mark to underside ‘NC AZ84’ with artist's initials ‘LN’. Provenance: Private Collection | Rago, Early 20th Century Design, September 2002, Lot 281 | Private Collection | Rago, Early 20th Century Design, 14 February 2015, Lot 242 | Important Private Collection, New York
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. Early and Large vase with magnolias. 1905, glazed earthenware. 14½ h × 9 dia in. result: $100,800. estimate: $35,000–45,000. Impressed and glazed manufacturer's mark and date code to underside ‘NC JM Q AH65’ with artist's initials ‘LN’. Provenance: Important Private Collection
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. Early vase with yucca. 1907, glazed earthenware. 12 h × 6 dia in. result: $18,900. estimate: $10,000–15,000. Impressed and glazed manufacturer's mark and date code to underside ‘NC BL93 JM W’ with artist's initials ‘LN’. Provenance: Private Collection, Virginia
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. Early and Tall vase with irises. 1908, glazed earthenware. 12½ h × 5¾ dia in. result: $35,280. estimate: $19,000–24,000. Impressed and glazed manufacturer's mark and date code to underside ‘NC JM W CE2’ with artist's initials ‘LN’. Provenance: Private Collection
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery. Rare and Early scenic vase with New Orleans skyline. 1903, glazed earthenware. 6¾ h × 3¼ dia in. result: $9,450. estimate: $6,000–9,000. Impressed and glazed manufacturer's mark and date code to underside ‘NC JM W 9NN’ with artist's initials ‘LN’. Provenance: Private Collection
• TWO NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY VASES
  TWO NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY VASES AND A NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY LILY PAD BOWL / JOSEPH MEYERS / LEONA NICHOLSONTWO NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY VASES AND A NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY LILY PAD BOWL / JOSEPH MEYERS / LEONA NICHOLSON , New Orleans, LA, circa 1920, impressed NC monogram to both vases, the oviform vase also impressed NEW ORLEANS, mottled and bubbled blue glaze; the pinched vase, also impressed with a conjoined JM monogram for the potter Joseph Fortune Meyers (1848-1931, active at Newcomb College 1897-1927), spherical with four pinched sides, matte rose glaze; the flaring bowl with H B and M around the NC logo for Hand Built and Molded and the initials LN for Leona Nicholson (active at Newcomb College 1908-1929), naturalistically modeled as overlapping veined leaves, high gloss green glaze, dia: 8.25 in. (3) Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling Literature: Leone Fischer (Bentley) Nicholson, active at Newcomb College (1908-1929). Founded on the work she exhibited in 1907, The Arts & Crafts Society in Boston awarded her the prestigious designation of Master Craftsman'. Based on this honor, Leone became the first woman of New Orleans to receive this title. Traditionally at Newcomb College Pottery, men shaped and fired pottery, producing blank ceramic forms for female students to decorate. This hand-built piece by Leone Nicholson demonstrates an advance in the social hierarchy and progress in the social experiment originally designed to teach young Southern women how to support themselves financially solely as artists not artisans.
• Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College American
  Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College American (1875-1966) Covered Pitcher, 1907 factory mark, incised artist's initials and date mark H 10 1/2 inches.
• A Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze
  A Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze Tyg 1908 decorated by Leona Nicholson with an incised band of blossoms and Chi Omega roundels base marked with Newcomb College oak tree symbol with "RHO" and "1900" on either side Newcomb cipher decorator's mark Joseph Meyer's potter's mark and reg. no. CD10 height 5 3/8 in.