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


Sold for

ZAR 17 588
Lot 2
  • A large Ceramic Studio blue and green-glazed bowl, 1939
  • A large Ceramic Studio blue and green-glazed bowl, 1939
  • A large Ceramic Studio blue and green-glazed bowl, 1939
  • A large Ceramic Studio blue and green-glazed bowl, 1939


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000USD 449 - 562
Selling Price
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ZAR 17 588
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About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa
A large Ceramic Studio blue and green-glazed bowl, 1939
circular, the tapering body glazed with shades of mottled blue and green with dark brown highlights, impressed CERAMIC STUDIO 1939, 39cm diameter; and a blue-glazed rose, 25cm diameter
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Provenance

The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.

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