Crown Lynn shapes made at Luke Adams in Christchurch 1969 - 1975

Crown Lynn bought out Luke Adams Potteries in Christchurch in 1965.
Here is a list of the pieces made that I have come across in the Decoration Advices and the Modellers records .....
The references include Made by Luke Adams, Chch, Souvenir Ware and the two glaze names - Basalt - Deco No 124 and Lucow - Deco No 147 there will be more.
Lucow comes up a lot .... this appears to be a glaze name that is on the Ngakura Ware and the Mark Cleverly Coffee Pot that I have..... does anyone know where the name Lucow would have came from?  It's a lovely waxy rich greeny blue glaze.  
Basalt is another glaze name that repeats over and over again .... perhaps the rich brown glaze that they used?  Well that's my guess at the moment
I found one other Deco No - 123 with the reference Homestead - Luke Adams ... not sure which glaze this one is yet.
I will just list the shape number, description and the year that that moulds were first made if available:

1027 - Pin box body
1028 - Pin box lid [Tiki]
1029 - Handled Coffee Mug
1030 - Beer Mug Liner with measurements
1037 - Coffee Mug
1039 - Coffee Mug
1040 - Coffee Mug Basalt
1042 - Double Handle Coffee Mug
1043 - Coffee Mug Basalt
1044 - Coffee Mug Basalt
1046 - Square round utility plate - 1968
1047 - Round Flower pot [stepped] - 1968
1048 - Round Flower pot base - 1968
1049 - Square Flower Pot - 1968
1050 - Square Flower Pot base - 1968
1051 - Oblong Flower Pot Lucow - 1968
1052 - Oblong Flower Pot Base - Lucow - 1968
1053 - Square Ashtray Basalt - 1968
1054 - Beer Mug (Like 1010 Titian) Basalt - 1969
1055 - Round Astray Lucow - 1969
1056 - Large Square Ashtray Lucow - 1969
1057 - Mug to 1058 Lucow [Designed by Mark Cleverly] - 1969
1058 - Coffee Pot [Designed by Mark Cleverly] - 1969 ....... I have one of these!!!
1059 - Coffee Pot lid to 1058 Lucow - 1969
1060 - Sugar to 1058  - 1969
1061 - Jug to 1058 - 1969
1062 - Maori Ashtray with figure Lucow - 1969
1063 - Eared Soup Bowl Lucow - 1969
1064 - Coffee Mug [Two finger handle] Basalt - 1969
1065 - Coffee Mug [Thistle mug]for John Reid Lucow - 1969
1066 - Base for Cigarette Box [Ngakura] -1969
1067 - Lid to Cigarette Box [Ngakura] - 1969
1068 - Ashtray - 1969 ...... I have one!!!!!
1069 - Nut Dish Lucow - 1969
1072 - Pin box lid - overall carving - 1969
1073 - Pin box lid - Post Head carving - 1969
1076 - Mug with C Handle Lucow - 1970
1077 - Mug with C Handle ...... I have one!!!
1078 - Coffee Mug C Handle Basalt - 1970
1079 - Coffee Mug C Handle Basalt - 1970
1080 - Liquer Bottle - 1970
1081 - Wine Bottle - 1970
1082 - Small Bowl Lucow - 1970
1083 - Small Bowl wider and shallower - 1970
1084 - Chunky Coffee Pot - 1970
1085 - Chunky Coffee Pot lid - 1970
1086 - Coffee Mug to 1084 - 1970
1087 - Jug to 1084 - 1970
1088 - Sugar Basin to 1084 - 1970
1089 - Lid to 1088 - 1970
1091 - Chunky Cup - 5.8.1970
1092 - Chunky saucer - 5.8.70
1104 - Spoon (holder?) 18.1.71
1140 - Bulb Spout Coffee Pot - 23.3.72
1141 - Bulb Spout Coffee Pot Lid
1142 -  Po Sugar Basin 23.3.72
1151 - Plain Coffee (diagram) - 24.7.72
1161 - Ball base Coffee Mug - 19.12.73
1162 - Salt Pig - 18.1.73
1163 - Individual Casserole - 1973
1175 - 'Scrape' Butter Dish - 14.5.73
1178 - Small 3" spice jar - 16.7.73
1179 - medium 3 1/2" spice jar
1180 - Large 4" Spice Jar
1182 - Martens Coffee Mug
1183 - 3 Curve Profile Mugs
1184 - Footed Tankard Mug
1185 - Air NZ Maori Pattern Ashtray 14.8.73
1188 - Flared top Grooved cylinder Mug
1191 - Elf-eared Handle Coffee Mug
1192 - Fork Scraped Soup Cup
1193 - Dutch Casserole
1194 - Lid to 1193
1195 - Turned in Top Soup Bowl
1198 - Onion Motif Soup Bowl
2038 - Flower Pot Holder Small
2039 - Flower Pot Holder Medium
2040 - flower Pot Holder Large
2050 - Bowl on Stand - 1969
2051 - Tall Lipped Cylinder Vase - 10.10.69
2052 - Lipped Oblong Vase - 10.10.69
6039 - Bulb Spout Jug - 23.3.72
6040 - Truncated Cone Jug - 30.11.76

Can you add any more shape numbers/descriptions using your information Heather?
You have the power to edit my post to add anything.
Also I noticed that the pin box lids didn't have Chch beside them .... do you have any further info on them or for the bases? I saw one in the Titian area at the Papakura Museum and would really like to suss this out. It wasn't glazed in the Ngakura glaze either.

I have added some Ev and have another dozen or so. In my notes the lid is un-named as to where it came from but is in the section for Christchurch so would think it a safe bet.

Excellent Heather.
The pin box base is 1027 ..... anything on your notes referring to Chch?
As 1071 Seagars Ashtray and the 1075 Lamp Shade are listed as Titian around the pin box lids, it may be better to wait for some more info to come to light.

Ev, my notes refer to 1027 as the pinbox body (Chch) and then 1028 as the pinbox lid (Chch). It seems to be Chch pretty much all the way down to 1069 and then titian and then Chch from 1076 to 1099.

Sounds good to me. Does the 1028 lid have a description?
1072 is a Pin Box lid with overall carving - to go with 1027
1073 Pin Box lid Post Head carving - to go with 1027
They must have made the 1028 first ...?

I'm considering making a Luke Adams/Crown Lynn Shapes Gallery .......
as it will be easier to follow than this topic ....
and also a Luke Adams sub-section in the Crown Lynn Category ......?

1028 - pin box lid (tiki) ChCh

Okey dokey.... I've added the Pin Box numbers.

Good Grief!!!! I I overlooked the 1080 Liquer Bottle and the 1081 Wine Bottle
Have added them now .. would really like to see what they look like. *Puts them onto my Xmas wishlist*

This Topic is too big .... too hard to find everything, so I will make a new one for Luke Adams/Crown Lynn and split this into individual topics .....
because I found a 1056 Large Castellated ashtray from 1969 today!

With the recent info from the Crown Lynn records at the Museum, I've added all of the shapes that I can find that were made at Christchurch.
The first entry is for 18.7.1968 and the last for is 30.11.1976, so it seems that Crown Lynn only owned this pottery for just over 8 years .... ?
I wonder what happened to it after that?
I could only find 84 shapes that were made in Christchurch, which seems a very small amount, perhaps there are more?

There is a great little book on Luke Adams called Luke Adams His Family and His Pottery By A.F.R.Adams. On page 25 In 1975 the whole business closed down.

Thanks signal, I will have to keep a look out for that book.
Is there any mention of the Crown Lynn years?

The company was officially taken over by Consolidated Brick and Pipe Ltd, the parent company of Crown Lynn on March 31 1965.Thats about it as far as CL details go, maybe you could get more information from the museum down in Chirstchurch.

Thanks so much signal
I thought I should check out what Gail Henry says about the subject and found some info on pages 98 and 99 [2nd Edition]:
Luke Adams Pottery Ltd became a susidiary of Crown Lynn Potteries Ltd by 1965.
The kilns finished firing in September 1975.
Ngakura range designed by Crown Lynn info.

Thanks Jeremy as you reminded me about the list of Luke Adams wares that were made for Crown Lynn on the first post in this topic.
There are 83 items on the list and in the last 3 years we have managed to find 46 of these shapes which is well over half way.
Well done everyone and keep up the good work
I've crossed out all of the shapes that are in the Gallery.
I am impressed - Check it out for yourself !

Here is the 1064 Double Handle Coffee Mug

http://www.trademe.co.nz/pottery-glass/porcelain-pottery/crown-lynn/cups-saucers/auction-699029130.htm

Ev, 1040, 1081, 1185 can be crossed off.

The 1040 is not in the gallery yet. It is here:
https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t1734-1040-basalt-coffee-mug#5032

Thanks Jeremy, all taken care of now.

1043 mug in Basalt can be crossed off Ev:
https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t5471-castware-1043-mug-in-original-basalt-glaze#20620

1032 is Shape 25 sugar pot lid according to gallery: it would be odd to see this in Basalt but it is on the list as such. There is no 3021 sugar pot on the list. (????)

Looks like the only Adams MUG shapes yet to come are 1039 and 1042 (for which we have modellers' pics and) which are likely to be seen in one of the Adams glazes, and "1191 - Elf-eared Handle Coffee Mug" (for which we have no image at all yet so glaze unknown).

Luke Adams mug shapes in Basalt here:
https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t5224-15-different-basalt-mugs-from-cl-luke-adams#19513

I have no 1057 Cleverley mugs in Basalt but there is one in the gallery from mrnarna: I haven't checked for the original post yet.
I don't think we have a Basalt 1054 but we do have it in Lucow, courtesy of fi:
https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t5320-tankards-in-two-sizes-courtesy-of-fi-in-lucow-basalt-and-possibly-homestead-decor-123#19977
I have two Basalt 1064s, one in the shape that Portage have and one in the other shape that I take to be an earlier 1064 version since you showed me it wasn't a 1042:
https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t4848-double-handle-mugs-basalt-and-lucow-from-cl-and-a-likely-teal
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3384/object/489015/Mug_-_bisque

Portage have nothing on the missing mug shapes 1039, 1042, and 1191.

I do have a spoon somewhere that I think MAY be a 1104: as I write I remember that it is brown so it may be Basalt. I must find and post it some time. It's not exactly like the modellers' sketch in the gallery but it is similar (being a spoon).

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Later ...
Portage has 1073 as bisque:
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3384/object/489593/Pin_box_lid_-_Ngakura_Ware_bisque
Portage has 1080 as bisque:
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3384/object/489492/Plaster_model_-_liqueur_bottle

Jeremy said "1032 is Shape 25 sugar pot lid according to gallery: it would be odd to see this in Basalt but it is on the list as such. There is no 3021 sugar pot on the list. (????)"

When I gathered these numbers I had no idea what the shapes were and it was all rather exciting at the time
I've had a quick look at the Deco Advices, but didn't notice the 1032 that I recorded.
There is no systematic list as they are all over the place and just like the patterns, I don't think that all of the shapes are there either. I will look further into your query when I get time Jeremy as we both know that the Shape 25 sugar pot lid will be incorrect and I need to find out what it was.

I have seen both the 1073 and 1080 pin box lids on TradeMe, but they sold for silly prices!

I have found this list to be a great resource and have really enjoyed watching the numbers getting crossed off. I love the Adams glazes and can never get enough. I have made a new montage of 15 Basalt mugs (combining existing pics) all but one of which is mine. I now have the 1040 shape courtesy of Kat (31/3/15) but for the record centre top pic is by mrnarna.

Done.

centre top photo by mrnarna

Thanks to Ev and Kat for their contributions to this collection.

Re the 1032 Basalt, I've backtracked through my records and found the entry in the Decoration Advices that read 124 - Basalt - 1032
I would suggest that there is a typing error regarding the number and I will delete that number from our list.

Nice photo of your Basalt mugs Jeremy !!

Ev I just noticed what I think could be a woopsie in the list.

"1076 - Mug with C Handle Lucow - 1970
"1077 - Mug with C Handle ...... I have one!!!
"1078 - Coffee Mug C Handle Basalt - 1970
"1079 - Coffee Mug C Handle Basalt - 1970"

Wondering if the "C handle" definition belongs with all four mug shapes, or just the first.

I know the 1076 and 1077 were both made at Luke Adams as I have them both in Basalt. I have the other two shapes, 1078 and 1079, but not in Basalt (as far as I know) so I'm wondering whether they definitely are Adams shapes too.

I understand it was a bit of work compiling this list from various sources so be assured I am not expecting an instant reply.


Oh, 1142 Po sugar basin can be crossed off too.


And thank you for the comment on the mugs.
I'm re/arranging my new shelf and I think I will try and put all my Basalt and Lucow together. It could take up a bit of room!