Large Globe studio ceramic bowl in pink glaze circa 1940's

Offered for sale is a beautiful large Globe earthenware bowl in a rare glaze colour , a shell pink /rose pink mottled glaze, semi opaque with stipples and streaks of white glaze. The bowl is a an elegant concave shape with a round slightly convex footed base to counterbalance the design . This is a hand made item thrown on a wheel and made from a red bodied clay. It is quite heavy and thick walled with an opaque flat white glaze on the base/footring. The bowl has a detachable domed frog or rose pierced with holes to secure flower stems for floral arrangements. The bowl is in in good condition; the frog has a glaze frit on the rim.

Globe ceramics were exactly contemporary with The Ceramic Studio/Linn Ware and were made at a studio based in Muckleneuck Pretoria. The company was founded in the early 1920's and closed in 1958. 

Dimensions : width of the bowl at top open aperture 24cm ; height cm ; width of base 16  cm; width of frog/rose 15cm. 

Postage is R85 via Sapo or R120 for courier delivery. Collection is welcome from Emmerantia Jhb