Ardmore Ceramic Studio
Guineafowl cheese dish
About the SessionFrom early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.
LOT 448
Ardmore Ceramic Studio
Guineafowl cheese dish
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 928
About this Item
South African 20th/21st Century
Guineafowl cheese dish
1994
inscribed 'PM, Ardmore Ceramic Art Studio' on the underside
painted and glazed ceramic
height: 13,5cm; width: 27cm; depth 17cm
Notes
Pheneas Mweli was a foundational figure in Ardmore's early success, frequently collaborating with painters like Thembi Berning to create highly detailed, whimsical ceramics, such as guineafowl dishes and giraffe bowls. He passed away in the late 1990s, but his legacy as an early master of the Ardmore style lives on in the art world.
View all Ardmore Ceramic Studio lots for sale in this auction
More from South African Design: Past & Present
Plate with a portrait of an Ndebele woman with headdress
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Bowl with white wave pattern
ZAR 600 - 800
Plate with female figure wearing headband and bangles
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Organic-shaped dish with a woman crushing grain
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Dish with inverted rim
ZAR 2 500 - 3 000
Bottle-shaped vase
ZAR 2 500 - 3 000