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 528
Lot 38
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
  • A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936


Lot Estimate
ZAR 500 - 700
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 528
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About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa
A Ceramic Studio green-glazed tankard, 1936
the tapering body with moulded girdle, applied handle, restoration, chip, painted in underglaze-blueTHE CERAMIC STUDIO 1936, 10cm high; a Ceramic Studio mottled green and russet-glazed tankard, similar, restoration, impressed CERAMIC STUDIO, 10,2cm high
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Provenance

The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.

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