In 1977 Crown Lynn was invited to produce tableware for use in Parliament’s restaurant Bellamy’s. They wanted something that went with their new earthy ...
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Magnolia Moon was designed by Juliet Hawkins in 1980-1981 and was in production from 1982 to 1987. Juliet kept diaries of her time at ...
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Our collection contains a large number of moulds. These were either in the Crown Lynn factory when it closed, or else dug out of ...
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Carnaby was designed by Colin Simon and won the Crown Lynn Design Competition in 1967. Colin sadly died recently in Wellington. He won in ...
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Before Crown Lynn was known as Crown Lynn, they went by the name of AMBRICO. That is where we got the name of our ...
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Although Crown Lynn production was highly mechanised, especially after the 60s, but it was also highly labour intensive. Hand applied decorations included banding, hand ...
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The Cook & Serve range was first produced by Crown Lynn in 1963. Their tag-line was “Heat it in the oven, dump it in ...
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The first swans were made by Ambrico in 1945. They originated from manager Tom Clark, who brought one made by Sylvac home from overseas ...
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We have in our collection three beautifully made hand potted vases made of brick clay, with tiki backstamps. We knew one of them had ...
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In 1967 Peter was prospecting the derelict mercury mine at Puhipuhi in Northland when he noticed a collection of large pipes lying around in ...
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In 1939 Tom Clark offered Vince’s father Ron Keene a full time position as an electrician with the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Company. In ...
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Tony Goodwin worked at Crown Lynn Potteries from 1963 to 1966. In 1963 Tony started a new job at Crown Lynn Potteries as a ...
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Johnny has shared his story and precious egg cups with us. It was Easter in London, 1939. Johnny was nine years old and his ...
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The Brick-Makers Memorial in New Lynn was laid by local bricklayer Alf Way in 1984. The Memorial was funded by the Rotary Club as ...
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A couple of years ago Te Toi Uku had the pleasure of a visit from Ian Crum, who brought with him these miniature treasures ...
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AMBRICO ‘Porcelain Specialties Department’ Before Crown Lynn was known as Crown Lynn, they went by the name of AMBRICO; which is derived from the ...
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Marion Potbury, donated this lovely child's tea set to Te Toi Uku, to accompany the set she wrote this story: "This Teaset was a ...
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On the 10th of July 1967 New Zealand’s currency changed from pounds, shillings & pence to dollars and cents. The coins that were introduced ...
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Murray Taylor was born in 1935 and grew up on Great North Road three doors down from Crum Potteries. Their house backed on to ...
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When Annette Tuck came into Te Toi Uku, she held out her hands and showed me two Spartan Father Christmas Figures. Annette recalls decorating ...
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We had a visit from Joan Josling, who was visiting Te Toi Uku Museum with the U3A Birkenhead group. She asked if we had ...
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Joan Davis (nee Sheen) started working at Crown Lynn c.1940 in the Decorating Department, during WWII as part of the war effort. Joan lived ...
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In November 2016 Moeroa Brothers came to visit. Moeroa worked at Crown Lynn for 30 years from 1969-1989 in the transfers department, managing 30 workers ...
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We had a visit from a man named Andrew. He came into the museum holding a plastic bag with things clinking against each other inside. He pulled ...
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Among the Te Toi Uku archives is a School Journal with an article on Maude Bowles, who was head of the decorating department at Crown Lynn ...
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Freda Desai worked at Crown Lynn in the decorating department from 1958 until 1964. She is photographed here, at the age of about 15, ...
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This plate was one of the many Joan Liam and her team painted in 1959-1960 at Crown Lynn. In 1959, at age 21, Joan ...
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On Monday 27 January 1964 Crown Lynn sponsored a pre-Olympics sports meeting at Western Springs stadium as a fundraiser for the Lynndale Club. Where ...
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Miss Helen Iggo, Miss Canterbury 1964, who also placed second in the Miss New Zealand contest, is pictured here at the Crown Lynn factory ...
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Richard Quinn was more than a Crown Lynn enthusiast, he was passionate about saving an important part of our modern history. He spent thousands ...
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