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Tabletop: Wonki Ware Ceramics at Anthropologie by Julie

Issue 19 · The English Countryside · May 10, 2010

Tabletop: Wonki Ware Ceramics at Anthropologie by Julie

Issue 19 · The English Countryside · May 10, 2010

Founded by Di Marshall in 1999, Wonki Ware is located in a town called George, on the Garden Route along the Southern coastline of Africa. Marshall started Wonki Ware "to provide employment for the large population of unskilled and uneducated indigenous people of South Africa. My first employee, a member of the Xhosa tribe, is still with me today; he heads my ever-expanding team of Wonki Ware potters." Anthropologie recently started carrying the line; we especially like the pieces shown below.

Wonki Ware Painter's Stripe Mug at Remodelista

Above: Painter's Stripe Mug; $14.

Wonki Ware Squat Stripes Mug at Remodelista

Above: Squat Stripes Mug; $18.

Wonki Ware Painter's Stripe Pitcher at Remodelista

Above: Painter's Stripe Pitcher (5 inches high); $68.