Mid Century Modern Furniture & Design
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 18 September 2024
Glass, Ceramics and Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690
About this Item
South Africa 1925 - 1955
Flared broad collar bowl and rose
impressed with the Linn Ware Ceramic Studio mark and Linn Ware Ceramic Studio label
cream- and russet-glazed stoneware
12cm high, 26cm 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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