The ‘Crown Lynn’ name was associated with more than just domestic ware, and these examples of Crown Lynn technical ceramics showcase their diversity of production, as well as evidencing Crown Lynn’s role in the evolution of industry in Aotearoa.

In the late 1940s, ‘Crown Lynn Technical Ceramics’ was established as a stand-alone business, managed by Tom Clark’s brother, Malcolm. They produced all sorts of technical ware, including the flat porcelain elements used for the first electric stoves.

Here we have a variety of ceramic insulators, all dug up from the former Crown Lynn site in New Lynn. The lantern shaped insulator was made in 1958, and the smaller cylindrical and circular insulators were made sometime between the 1950s and 1980s.