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HENRIETTA DAVIDSON BAILEY (AMERICAN, 1874-1950) NEWCOMB COLLEGE ART POTTERY THREE-PIECE TEA SET, each featuring incised band of stylized palm tree designs to shoulder, comprising a teapot, a covered sugar, and a creamer. Marks to underside include incised square "HB" and teapot having additional "MR" initials for Maude Robinson. Newcomb Pottery, New Orleans, LA. 1906-1907. 3 5/8" HOA. Catalogue Note: Henrietta Davidson Bailey was born in New Orleans in 1874. She attended Newcomb College as a Normal Art student from 1901 to 1903, going on to graduate school until 1905. In 1909, Bailey was made an official Art Craftsman, working as a pottery decorator and printmaker. In 1926, she joined the Newcomb faculty as an art instructor. Bailey stayed at Newcomb College for the remainder of her career, retiring in 1938, having become one of Newcomb Pottery's most profuse artists. She passed away in 1950 and is buried at Cypress Grove Cemetery in New Orleans.