Built in 1804, the New Point Comfort Lighthouse stands offshore in Mobjack Bay, marking dangerous shoals near the mouth of the York River. Unlike its counterpart at Old Point Comfort, this lighthouse was never meant to welcome ships home. Its job was to warn them first.
Isolated from land and exposed to wind and tide, New Point Comfort rose from shallow water to signal caution in an unforgiving stretch of coast. There is no keeper’s house attached here, just a canoe at the base. No domestic life tucked against the tower. Just a solitary structure doing exactly what it was built to do: say not here.
This ceramic version reflects that quiet resolve. A single tower anchored in textured shoreline, steady and unsentimental. It belongs in collections that favor boundary lines, maritime history, and objects that exist because danger once demanded them.
A lighthouse not of comfort, but of clarity.
11”x7”
Built in 1804, the New Point Comfort Lighthouse stands offshore in Mobjack Bay, marking dangerous shoals near the mouth of the York River. Unlike its counterpart at Old Point Comfort, this lighthouse was never meant to welcome ships home. Its job was to warn them first.
Isolated from land and exposed to wind and tide, New Point Comfort rose from shallow water to signal caution in an unforgiving stretch of coast. There is no keeper’s house attached here, just a canoe at the base. No domestic life tucked against the tower. Just a solitary structure doing exactly what it was built to do: say not here.
This ceramic version reflects that quiet resolve. A single tower anchored in textured shoreline, steady and unsentimental. It belongs in collections that favor boundary lines, maritime history, and objects that exist because danger once demanded them.
A lighthouse not of comfort, but of clarity.
11”x7”
