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 1 173
Lot 8
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
  • A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug


Lot Estimate
ZAR 800 - 1 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 173
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About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa
A Linn Ware lavender-glazed cream jug
of baluster outline, the side applied with loop-shaped handle, raised on low foot, painted LW, 8cm high; and a Linn Ware lavender-glazed covered sugar bowl, cylindrical raised on a spreading stepped foot, the cover with spire-shaped finial, crack, restoration, painted LINN WARE, 11,5cm high
(2)

Provenance

The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.

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