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 1 525
Lot 86
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot
  • A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 000 - 1 200
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 525

About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa
A Linn Ware green-glazed tea pot the squat body with overall stippled green-glazed with russet-glazed highlights, applied loop handle, raised on a low foot, the cover with mushroom-shaped finial, 13cm high; and a Linn Ware green-glazed cream jug, with russet-glazed highlights, restoration,painted LW, 7,5cm high (2)

Provenance

The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.

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