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 400 - 600
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 446
About this Item
Two South African Ceramic butter dishes, probably Linn Ware the first mauve-glazed, the second example green-glazed, both with russet-brown highlights, 9cm wide (2)
Provenance
The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.
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