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NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
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NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
I bought the larger casserole dish new from a gift shop in Dunedin in the mid-seventies. I remember well the triangular made in NZ sticker on it but the seller was unable to tell me where exactly it was made even then. Since I have added a salt pig, smaller casserole dish, spice jar and the strange salt and pepper set. Holes on the side of the container. In fact I did not even know I had the matching pair until last week when I found the salt shaker in one of the boxes and was amazed when I put it with the more recent pepper shaker to find that they were indeed a set! ![Very Happy](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png)
So, can anyone shed some light on where they might have been made please? I would love to know.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Plate314](https://i.servimg.com/u/f66/15/86/97/17/plate314.jpg)
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So, can anyone shed some light on where they might have been made please? I would love to know.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Plate314](https://i.servimg.com/u/f66/15/86/97/17/plate314.jpg)
Thelma- Number of posts : 490
Location : Canterbury, NZ
Registration date : 2010-04-23
Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
I had a salt and pepper like yours Thelma ....
I got it from the Orzel Pottery factory at Drury in the late 1970's.
Though mine were brown with a contrasting glaze at the top.
Don't think I've ever seen those casseroles before .....?
I got it from the Orzel Pottery factory at Drury in the late 1970's.
Though mine were brown with a contrasting glaze at the top.
Don't think I've ever seen those casseroles before .....?
Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
Thanks for that Ev, it could quite well be the same design but different colour that you had. I have an eagle eye for pottery spotting and I have rarely seen this colour, they seem to be mainly Chch southwards that I have picked up these pieces.
Thelma- Number of posts : 490
Location : Canterbury, NZ
Registration date : 2010-04-23
Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
Well I came across this colourway today for the first time in fact ....
it was a Gravy Jug I think .... it had two pouring spouts ... one each side of the pot.
Definitely Orzel Pottery ...
Merry Xmas Thelma![:ho ho ho:](/users/4111/32/54/78/smiles/488450.gif)
it was a Gravy Jug I think .... it had two pouring spouts ... one each side of the pot.
Definitely Orzel Pottery ...
Merry Xmas Thelma
![:ho ho ho:](/users/4111/32/54/78/smiles/488450.gif)
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Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
Thanks for that info Ev. Was the gravy thingy for sale somewhere? I can now add Orzel to the growing list of pottery companies that I have examples from. I have had to be firm and tell myself to keep it down to a couple of manufacturers and then only certain bits, I have stuff everywhere!
I must be the only person in NZ that keeps pottery in her dishwasher! ( stopped using it ages ago when I discovered the kids didn't know how to clean up the dishes.)
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Thelma- Number of posts : 490
Location : Canterbury, NZ
Registration date : 2010-04-23
Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
Yes I saw the two spouted gravy jug in the local Hospice shop ....
I was so busy looking at that rather lovely glaze colour that I didn't even register how much they were selling it for
I was so busy looking at that rather lovely glaze colour that I didn't even register how much they were selling it for
![Laughing](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_lol.gif)
snap!
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzels12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/orzels12.jpg)
About 90mm H
I saw these in one of the op-shops on Saturday and knew I'd seen them before.
Went back today, thinking they were at the Sallies, so freakout: Hospice!
New corks from Arthur's Emporium.
It really is an amazing colour.
I am so intrigued by this unmarked castware.
I bought a bowl at Habitat in similar but not same colours
and I'm thinking Clay Craft. I''ll check the glazes in topics.
I'll post that somewhere after I've washed it.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
New Orzel shape
Op-shop Orzel (SPCA Kerikeri)
I'm putting this jug in Thelma's topic because it matches her lovely set.
I love this colour so much I recognised it straight away, although the shape is new.
I have photographed it with a salt shaker from previous post.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Cute10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/cute10.jpg)
Flat bottom 12cm H x 7 OD at base
I'm putting this jug in Thelma's topic because it matches her lovely set.
I love this colour so much I recognised it straight away, although the shape is new.
I have photographed it with a salt shaker from previous post.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Cute10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/cute10.jpg)
Flat bottom 12cm H x 7 OD at base
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Re: NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel
A match for Thelma's casserole in a different glaze.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=687130576
Updated link:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-collectables/Art-deco-retro/Kitchenware/auction-754089677.htm
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July
A smaller jug in the same glaze here:
http://newzealandpottery.forumotion.net/t5408-little-green-orzel-jug#20364
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Jugps10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/15/65/08/71/jugps10.jpg)
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=687130576
Updated link:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-collectables/Art-deco-retro/Kitchenware/auction-754089677.htm
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July
A smaller jug in the same glaze here:
http://newzealandpottery.forumotion.net/t5408-little-green-orzel-jug#20364
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Jugps10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/15/65/08/71/jugps10.jpg)
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Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Larger Orzel green jug and similar by Hobby Ceramics
And a bigger one.
I was all set to give this one away, as I thought it was a duplicate, then I checked the measurements.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelg10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelg10.jpg)
At 14.5 high by 8 across the bottom, this is clearly larger than the one I posted above (12 x 7) and much bigger than the wee one posted above and here: https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t5408-2-little-green-orzel-jugs#20364
I have pretty much stopped collecting general Orzel shapes now (mugs excluded if I ever find any new ones) but I do so love the green glaze that this will form a mini-collection with the other jugs, salts and peppers, and a casserole recently acquired like one of Thelma's (above), and I may even have one of the spice-jar-come-wine-sip shapes somewhere too. I just noticed courtesy of google that I have a two-spout jug as well: https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t4861-orzel-sauce-jug-with-two-spouts#17793
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelg11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelg11.jpg)
The three jugs are in different locations atm so I can't photo them together but I have cobbled together a quick montage to give an idea of the relative sizes.
A little mental arithmetic tells me that these would likely have been modelled as four, five, and six inch jugs.
LATER
I just noticed that the wee jug didn't make it to the gallery. DONE NOW.
.
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23/5/16
Here's a Hobby Ceramics version of the Orzel green jug.
I thought it was the big size (didn't measure) but when I looked at them together in a montage (2 x Orzel, and Hobby) the scale of the handle was more in keeping with the middle size.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelh11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelh11.jpg)
pale blue Hobby Ceramics jug marked DR
.
I was all set to give this one away, as I thought it was a duplicate, then I checked the measurements.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelg10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelg10.jpg)
At 14.5 high by 8 across the bottom, this is clearly larger than the one I posted above (12 x 7) and much bigger than the wee one posted above and here: https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t5408-2-little-green-orzel-jugs#20364
I have pretty much stopped collecting general Orzel shapes now (mugs excluded if I ever find any new ones) but I do so love the green glaze that this will form a mini-collection with the other jugs, salts and peppers, and a casserole recently acquired like one of Thelma's (above), and I may even have one of the spice-jar-come-wine-sip shapes somewhere too. I just noticed courtesy of google that I have a two-spout jug as well: https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t4861-orzel-sauce-jug-with-two-spouts#17793
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelg11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelg11.jpg)
The three jugs are in different locations atm so I can't photo them together but I have cobbled together a quick montage to give an idea of the relative sizes.
A little mental arithmetic tells me that these would likely have been modelled as four, five, and six inch jugs.
LATER
I just noticed that the wee jug didn't make it to the gallery. DONE NOW.
.
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23/5/16
Here's a Hobby Ceramics version of the Orzel green jug.
I thought it was the big size (didn't measure) but when I looked at them together in a montage (2 x Orzel, and Hobby) the scale of the handle was more in keeping with the middle size.
![NZ pottery from the 70s is made by Orzel Orzelh11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/15/65/08/71/orzelh11.jpg)
pale blue Hobby Ceramics jug marked DR
.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
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