Wooden cabinet with glass shelves and fluorescent lights with 24 ceramic art pieces
Various Artists
About the SessionStrauss & Co is honoured to present the exceptional collection of local ceramic art, assembled over decades by Peter Jaff, who sadly passed away at the end of 2025. Peter was an avid collector, an active ceramic artist himself, and deeply knowledgeable about ceramic art. Shortly before his death, he wrote about his personal journey in this art form.
“My journey into ceramics began in the 1970s after receiving a Tim Morris pot and encountering the work of Hym Rabinowitz. These artists with their distinctive approaches nurtured my interest in British ceramics. In the late 1970s I began classes in the studio of renowned South African potter, Digby Hoets. This enduring relationship remains of great value to me to this day.
As my involvement in ceramics grew, I became an active committee member of the South African Association of Potters and had work regularly featured in regional and national exhibitions and built a collection of local ceramics. I take pride in the fact that my work can be found in the Durban Art Gallery, William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley and in the National Corobrik Collection at the Pretoria Art Museum.
Living with these works has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my journey. Every piece in the collection was carefully curated and displayed throughout our home alongside our South African ceramics and art and craft collection.
To those beginning their journey in studio ceramics I would recommend focussing on pieces that appeal to personal tastes and not only following trends. Collect what you love and don’t be afraid to bid high for something truly special. Each piece in my collection was purchased with love, but above all, reflects my maker’s understanding and respect for the craft.”
About this Item
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(1) Barry Dibb. Porcelain landscape bottle. Signed. height: 14cm; diameter: 7,5cm
(2) Juliet Armstrong. Porcelain mug with fish and insects decoration. Signed and dated '93. height: 10cm; width: 12,5cm; depth: 8cm
(3) Peter Jaff. Unglazed stoneware conical pot with sgraffito . Signed. height: 12cm; width: 14,5cm; depth: 13cm
(4) John Shirley. Unglazed bone china, decorated with soluble metallic salts. height: 12,5cm; width: 7cm; depth: 6cm
(5) Hennie Meyer. Earthenware terra cotta jug with gold lustre. height: 15,5cm; width: 11,5cm; depth: 6cm
(6) Tim Morris. Stoneware lidded jar with brown and blue flower decoration. Signed. height: 10cm; diameter: 7cm
(7) Katherine Glenday. Porcelain bowl with koi fish decoration. height: 9cm; diameter: 9,5cm
(8) John Shirley. Unglazed bone china bowl with pierced motif. height: 9cm; diameter: 13cm
(9) Marietjie van der Merwe. Stoneware vase with blue line decoration. Signed. height: 16,5cm; diameter: 8cm
(10) Hennie Meyer. Earthenware terra cotta candlestick with mother-of-pearl and gold lustre. height: 11,5cm; width: 11,5cm; depth: 8cm
(11) Christo Giles. Copper red beaker. height: 7,5cm; diameter: 7,5cm
(12) Thelma Marcuson. Porcelain vase with black-bronze glaze. Signed. height: 10cm; diameter: 7cm
(13) Ralph Johnson. Porcelain tea bowl with turquoise crackle glaze. Signed. height: 7cm; diameter: 10cm
(14) Lindsay Scott. Stoneware salt glazed tea pot. Signed. height: 11,5cm; width 19,5cm; depth 14cm
(15) Lisa Firer. Porcelain tea light with leaf stamp decoration. height: 9,5cm; diameter: 7cm
(16) Katherine Glenday. Porcelain folded leaf bowl with underglaze. Signed and dated 2001. height: 12,5cm; diameter: 10cm
(17) Nçamekile Kokane: Stoneware pecking birds sculpture. height: 7cm; width: 16cm; depth 15cm
(18) Lisa Firer. Porcelain tea light with tree branch stamp decoration. height: 9,5cm; diameter: 7cm
(19) Ralph Johnson. Stoneware bowl with oxides, glaze and sgraffito. height: 6cm; diameter: 11,5cm
(20) Ralph Johnson. Stoneware bowl with oxides, glaze and sgraffito. height: 7,5cm; diameter: 11cm
(21) Katherine Glenday. Porcelain bowl with underglaze and gold lustre entitled, 'Too much tea'. Signed and dated 93. height: 3cm; diameter: 10,5cm
(22) Tim Morris. Squat stoneware lidded jar with blue and brown leaf decoration. height: 11,5cm; diameter: 11,5cm
(23) Karen Sinovich. Unglazed stoneware bowl with ceramic pencil, oxides and underglaze entitled 'Not all those who wander are lost!'. Signed and dated 2013. height: 7cm; diameter: 12,5cm
(24) Leigh Hoets. Raku lidded box with flower decoration. height: 8,5cm; width: 13cm; depth: 13,5cm
(25) Wooden cabinet with glass shelves and fluorescent lights. height: 118cm; width: 80,5cm; depth: 20,5cm
Provenance
Peter Jaff Collection.
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