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
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About this Item
Three Linn Ware demi-tasse cups and saucers
glazed in shades of grey, green and brown, chips, firing faults, impressed LW circle mark, 4,5cm high; and four Linn Ware tea cups and associated saucers, two glazed in shades of green and brown, and two turquoise-glazed, impressed dish mark, 7,5cm high; and six Linn Ware side plates, glazed in shades of blue, green and brown, turquoise, and purple two painted LINN WARE, and two impressed LW circle mark, 16cm diameter
Provenance
The Juanita Bird Collection, Johannesburg.
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