{"id":9295,"date":"2024-12-01T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9295"},"modified":"2024-12-01T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:50:52","slug":"ardmore-south-africa-jug-modelled-as-a-fish","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/?product=ardmore-south-africa-jug-modelled-as-a-fish","title":{"rendered":"Ardmore South Africa &#8211; Jug modelled as a Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a collection of individualised Ardmore ceramics by Ardmore Ceramic Art, KwaZuu Natal, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>A vibrant and unique jug, modelled as a fish. D<span style=\"font-size: 14.000001px\">esigned by Mandla and produced <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">by the artist Somandla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The jug is in perfect original condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The story of Ardmore<\/strong> began thirty-seven years ago when, in 1985, F\u00e9e Halstead started on a journey teaching ceramics to a talented group of rural people on a farm in the remote corner of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ardmore is derived from the name of the first farm F\u00e9e lived on in the entrancing Champagne Valley in Kwazulu-Natal, this farm being the place where she first met Bonnie Ntshalintshali. Bonnie became F\u00e9e\u2019s first student and in 1990 under F\u00e9e\u2019s mentorship they were jointly awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today the studio is home to over 70 African artists whose ceramic works are recognised as modern day collectables by auction houses Christies, Bonhams and Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ardmore design has emerged creating vibrant and elegant fabric collections sought after by leading decorators. \u00a0Ardmore works in collaboration with renowned French fashion house Herm\u00e8s, producing a line of lavish scarves, and also with British wallpaper manufacturer, Cole &amp; Son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each piece of Ardmore ceramics is uniquely different and over the years has become more valuable and a worthwhile investment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,99,42,98],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9295","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-objets-dart","product_cat-porcelain-and-pottery","product_cat-vintage-and-contemporary","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","wcspt-has-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/9295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=9295"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=9295"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=9295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}