The illustrated history of the Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University in Louisiana from its founding in 1895. Women art students made and decorated beautiful vases, dishes and forms that are prized today. Explores the development of the art form and Newcomb's high ranking in it. Identifying marks and dating included.

Jessie Poesch is a professor of art history at Newcomb College, Tulane University. Her articles have appeared in Antiques magazine, Art Bulletin, and Country Life, among other magazines. She has published studies on Titian Ramsay Peale, early Louisiana furniture, and the art of the Old South. She was one of the curators for the exhibition, "Painting in the South," sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She has lived in New Orleans for twenty years.