A cylindrical vase painted by Ada Ione Newman, with a continuous design of Art Nouveau style trees in brown on a deep orange ground, signed to underside and monogrammed, transfer mark of B & Co Limoges, height 26 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: Ada Newman (1869-1949) was a founding member of the Arts & Crafts Society of NSW created in 1906. Her china painting was shown in the 1907 women's work exhibition in Melbourne, as well as with the Arts & Crafts Society of Victoria. By 1914 she had set up a studio on hunter Street and also taught china painting with her partner Ethel Atkinson.