Mid Century Modern Furniture & Design
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 18 September 2024
Glass, Ceramics and Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 500 - 3 500
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 925
About this Item
South Africa 1925 - 1955
Large charger
inscribed 'Linn Ware' on the underside
green-glazed stoneware
5,5cm high, 38cm diameter
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.
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