Luke Adams Pottery
Discover Ceramics Luke Adams Pottery Luke Adams Pottery was based in the South Island and manufactured the souvenir ware Ngakura for Crown Lynn. From…
Titian
Titian Potteries became a subsidiary of Crown Lynn Potteries around 1967. Titian made a wide range of the matt white ware and some shapes…
Ambrico
The porcelain specials department of the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Company was the precursor to Crown Lynn in the 1940s.
Peter Lange’s Crum pipe
In 1967 Peter was prospecting the derelict mercury mine at Puhipuhi in Northland when he noticed a collection of large pipes lying around in…
Vince Keene
In 1939 Tom Clark offered Vince’s father Ron Keene a full time position as an electrician with the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Company.
Tony Goodwin
Tony Goodwin worked at Crown Lynn Potteries from 1963 to 1966.
Johnny Green; pocillivist
It was Easter in London, 1939. Johnny was nine years old and his mother gave him a small egg cup filled with chocolate.
Alf Way
The Brick-Makers Memorial in New Lynn was laid by local bricklayer Alf Way in 1984.
Kiddibricks
A couple of years ago Te Toi Uku had the pleasure of a visit from Ian Crum, who brought with him these miniature treasures.
The Colour of Clay
The first items AMBRICO (Crown Lynn) made were a creamy yellow colour because of the local New Lynn clay they were using. Crown Lynn…
A gift from Santa 1946
This tea set was a gift from Santa, given to Marion Potbury around 1946.
Growing up by Crum Brickworks
When Murray Taylor was about 13 years old he would make ashtrays for Crum in the school holidays.
Spartan Santas
When Annette Tuck came into Te Toi Uku, she held out her hands and showed me two Spartan Father Christmas Figures.
Reflecting on Reflections
Joan’s husband Otway Josling designed the pattern ‘Reflections’, which was the winning entry in the 1959 Crown Lynn Design Awards
An Artistic Job
Joan Davis (nee Sheen) started working at Crown Lynn c.1940 in the Decorating Department, during WWII as part of the war effort. Her sister…
Moeroa Brothers
Moeroa worked at Crown Lynn for 30 years from 1969-1989 in the transfers department, managing 30 workers. Her favourite item is the cup she…
Crown Lynn Cut-Out Cups
He pulled out what looked like a railway cup without a handle. I had seen these before, but didn’t know what they were.
Mrs Bowles, Decorator
Among the Te Toi Uku archives is a School Journal with an article on Maude Bowles, who was head of the decorating department at…
