Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein

Timed Online Auction, 2 - 13 May 2025

Session One
About the Session

This sale features a broad selection of Linn Ware that celebrates South Africa’s rich ceramic traditions highlighting a key moment in the country’s artistic development — during a period when industrialisation and mass production were rapidly transforming the design landscape.  The Ceramic Studio, renamed Linn Ware in 1943, was founded on Sir Thomas Cullinan’s farm Olifantsfontein, outside Johannesburg which had rich deposits of clay and lime. It was staffed mostly by women students from the Durban School of Art, several of whom studied further at the Royal College of Art, London.  The Studio closed in the late 1950’s but left behind a beautiful body of work that is highly collectable today. Discover more about Linn Ware's fascinating history here.

 


Sold for

ZAR 2 345
Lot 45
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Gravy boat
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Gravy boat
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Gravy boat
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Gravy boat


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 000 - 1 500
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 345
Delivery
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Condition Report
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About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa 1925 - 1955
Gravy boat

unsigned

turquoise- and rust-glazed earthenware
6cm high, 17cm wide over spout and handle

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