Crown Lynn - the beginning

The company that gave birth to Crown Lynn was the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Company which later became Ceramco the owners when Crown Lynn ceased operating in 1989:


The Porcelain Specialties Department of Ambrico was where Crown Lynn had its origins.

A number of contemporary NZ artists use Crown Lynn images in their work and one of the ones I like the best is OpShop. One of the group, Rudolf Boelee has a blog which features his work including recently produced Crown Lynn tea towels:

http://rudolfboelee.blogspot.com/2008/08/crown-lynn-new-zealand-tea-towels_24.html

Heheee I watched that on youtube some months ago when I came across it while searching Crown Lynn.
Kiwiana at its best

Thought I would pop this in here....
Archway the NZ Archive site... has 5 pages of Crown Lynn listings ....

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ItemAdvancedSearch.do

most are in Wellington, but if you think anything should be checked out at the Auckland Archives it's not far from me.

The "beginning" also signified the start of the Crown Lynn Specials Department.  During the 1940s one of the pieces made was a hotwater bottle.

What do you think??

I think I prefer rubber hotties

Does it have any stamps on it?

Nope - unmarked.

This electric jug also dates from the early period:


Its base is marked:


It'd probably be even more uncomfortable in bed than the hottie and more prone to leaking.

Crown Lynn exported liqueur bottles manufactured for Australian company Seppelts in the 1940s. They came in a range of colours including maroon, two shades of brown, green and white:

with this mark:


and:


with these marks:

The cigar jar dates from the 40s try anything era:


This commemorative mug was for the 1950 Empire Games:

This impressive building was built for the Clark family and sits above the brickworks at Limeburners Bay:

Here's a shot of the verandah which shows the large glazed blocks used in the construction of the house as well as other decorative features:

Ambrico hotwater bottle, hottie, without handle.
Same basic shape but no handle has been added.
Downward view appears foreshortened.

Thanks Jeremy, I will add this one without a handle to the No Numbers Gallery