June ART

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 17 June 2025

Sculpture, Ceramics and Books

Current Bid

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Lot 287
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Small jug with flared rim
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Small jug with flared rim
  • Linn Ware/Ceramic Studio; Small jug with flared rim


Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 6 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 5 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item

Olifantsfontein, South Africa 1925 - 1955
Small jug with flared rim
blue- and rust-glazed earthenware
14cm high; 13cm 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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