The Juanita Bird Collection of Linn Ware and 20th Century Ceramics
Online-Only Auction, 10 - 15 November 2021
Linn Ware and 20th Century Ceramics
About the Session"The works of Linn Ware (founded in 1943), and those of its predecessor at the Olifantsfontein site, Ceramic Studio (founded in 1925), bear testimony to the creative vision of a group of women whose original vision set the standard for domestic and decorative pottery in South Africa in the mid-twentieth century. Linn Ware is renowned for the consistent quality of its ceramics, and is almost synonymous with deep, rich and sumptuous green and turquoise glazed wares. These potteries, along with Globe (founded in Pretoria c.1920), paved the way for subsequent potteries in the quest to articulate a contemporary South African pottery canon."
Wendy Gers
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
About this Item
Staffordshire, England
A Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Nuage' pattern pedestal dish, 1930s
stippled with flower heads against a sienna and orange ground, the pedestal with black border, black printed factory mark, 17,5cm diameter; and a Clarice Cliff Wilkinson honeyglaze 'Woodland' pattern fruit bowl, octagonal, the centre painted with stylised trees against a cream, black and yellow ground, black printed mark, 8669R, 24,5cm diameter
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Provenance
The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.
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