June ART
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 17 June 2025
Art Club
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 6 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item
Olifantsfontein, South Africa 1925 - 1955
Green vase with pinched rim
impressed with the Linn Ware logo on the underside
green- and rust-glazed earthenware
11 cm high; 21 cm wide
Notes
The Ceramic Studio, renamed Linn Ware in 1940, was founded by Sir Thomas Cullinan at Olifantsfontein, a farm outside Johannesburg that had rich deposits of clay and lime. It was staffed mostly by women students from the Durban School of Art, who lived and worked on the farm. Each piece was handmade and individually double-glazed, giving the work its distinctive and characteristic luminosity for which they became renowned. The Studio closed around 1955 but left behind a body of beautiful work produced over a period of 20 years.
Provenance
The Flo Bird Collection.
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