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Kat & Co.
Ev
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Kiln Craft ....
Kiln Craft were in Rosebank Road, Avondale.
Don McKenzie was the Manager.
I have read that Kiln Craft in England was opposed to Kiln Craft NZ using their name and that they took legal action to ensure that their name was not used.
This is how Kiln Craft changed their name to Clay Craft.
Photo from hon-john...
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f63/12/53/23/96/kiln_c10.jpg)
Don McKenzie was the Manager.
I have read that Kiln Craft in England was opposed to Kiln Craft NZ using their name and that they took legal action to ensure that their name was not used.
This is how Kiln Craft changed their name to Clay Craft.
Photo from hon-john...
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f63/12/53/23/96/kiln_c10.jpg)
Last edited by Ev on Wed 1 Jan - 7:25; edited 2 times in total
Kiln Craft Jug
9cmh
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f74/18/18/17/87/kiln_c10.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f74/18/18/17/87/kiln_c11.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f74/18/18/17/87/kiln_c10.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f74/18/18/17/87/kiln_c11.jpg)
Kat & Co.- Number of posts : 2314
Location : Whangarei
Registration date : 2012-12-03
Kiln Craft mug
This is all the Kiln Craft I have!
Mug stands 105mm high, OD 68mm, flairing to 76mm at the lip.
The flair is less exaggerated than my photo indicates.
![Kiln Craft .... Kcmug10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kcmug10.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kcmugb10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kcmugb10.jpg)
Mug stands 105mm high, OD 68mm, flairing to 76mm at the lip.
The flair is less exaggerated than my photo indicates.
![Kiln Craft .... Kcmug10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kcmug10.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kcmugb10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kcmugb10.jpg)
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
KilnCraft canister
$2 from Avondale, a couple of tiny kicks but it gives me a KilnCraft base mark.
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncr10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kilncr10.jpg)
H 180mm (top of lid) OD 120mm
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncr11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kilncr11.jpg)
I've seen it a few times but it took me a while to translate.
See also "Traditional NZ" http://newzealandpottery.forumotion.net/t2856-a-curious-jar-traditional-nz#8729
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncr10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kilncr10.jpg)
H 180mm (top of lid) OD 120mm
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncr11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f58/15/65/08/71/kilncr11.jpg)
I've seen it a few times but it took me a while to translate.
See also "Traditional NZ" http://newzealandpottery.forumotion.net/t2856-a-curious-jar-traditional-nz#8729
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Kiln Craft amazing glaze
![Kiln Craft .... Dsc09214](https://i.servimg.com/u/f57/16/31/56/86/dsc09214.jpg)
This mug is like the one previous, but I just had to share the glaze
![Kiln Craft .... Dsc09215](https://i.servimg.com/u/f57/16/31/56/86/dsc09215.jpg)
It's the same inside too
![Kiln Craft .... Dsc09216](https://i.servimg.com/u/f57/16/31/56/86/dsc09216.jpg)
mumof1- Admin
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Re: Kiln Craft ....
The other large mug with Kiln Craft on the base which is the same shape as the Beach NZ one.
Kiln Craft
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/12/53/23/96/kiln_c10.jpg)
Beach NZ
![Kiln Craft .... Beach_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/12/53/23/96/beach_10.jpg)
Kiln Craft
![Kiln Craft .... Kiln_c10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/12/53/23/96/kiln_c10.jpg)
Beach NZ
![Kiln Craft .... Beach_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/12/53/23/96/beach_10.jpg)
Last edited by Ev on Wed 1 Jan - 9:23; edited 1 time in total
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Ev,
Picked one of those up at Avondale on Sunday, exact same glaze with "BEACH NZ".
My only Beach at this point.
I knew the mug but didn't read the bottom until later so I was thrilled.
I already have the shape in Kiln Craft.
Picked one of those up at Avondale on Sunday, exact same glaze with "BEACH NZ".
My only Beach at this point.
I knew the mug but didn't read the bottom until later so I was thrilled.
I already have the shape in Kiln Craft.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Re: Kiln Craft ....
I got this one for $1 at the Salvos
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncraft1](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-stWXcejPC2o/UssbsY4f_9I/AAAAAAAAANw/7zwdFgvEz7s/w311-h552-no/kilncraft1.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncraft2](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ql-w-n_-5xQ/Ussbxe9erII/AAAAAAAAAOA/iR4WT-RQ9N0/w883-h552-no/kilncraft2.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncraft1](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-stWXcejPC2o/UssbsY4f_9I/AAAAAAAAANw/7zwdFgvEz7s/w311-h552-no/kilncraft1.jpg)
![Kiln Craft .... Kilncraft2](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ql-w-n_-5xQ/Ussbxe9erII/AAAAAAAAAOA/iR4WT-RQ9N0/w883-h552-no/kilncraft2.jpg)
ambrosia- Number of posts : 64
Registration date : 2013-12-12
Re: Kiln Craft ....
I'm surprised that I've never found one of those canisters with the amount turning up on here. I must put that ornate backstamp into the gallery!
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Brilliant image of the back stamp.
I have never seen it so clear.
ambrosia, you have a really cheap Sallies shop. Ours had same item for $4 and it was damaged.
I have never seen it so clear.
ambrosia, you have a really cheap Sallies shop. Ours had same item for $4 and it was damaged.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Its one of my favourite stores, there are a few good ones I stalk visit
ambrosia- Number of posts : 64
Registration date : 2013-12-12
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Today at Te Toi Uku i was shown some samples made at Kiln Craft on Rosebank Road made by Keith Walley. Keith came to New Zealand from Stoke-on-Trent to work at Crown Lynn; when the factory started closing down he moved to Kiln Craft as a ?designer (c.1985). Keith and his wife Cynthia were trained as potters in various factories in Stoke. As the ceramics industry started to collapse they moved back to England. Only the jar is marked.
Finn McCahon-Jones- Number of posts : 29
Registration date : 2012-11-22
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Finn, the canister and sugar bowl shapes date from Beach Artware days and continued to be made until the final incarnation that was Clay Craft, but I have not seen the belly mugs marked earlier than Clay Craft: are they definitely Keith's design?
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Re: Kiln Craft ....
Jeremy Ashford wrote:Finn, the canister and sugar bowl shapes date from Beach Artware days and continued to be made until the final incarnation that was Clay Craft, but I have not seen the belly mugs marked earlier than Clay Craft: are they definitely Keith's design?
I'll write to Keith and ask him. The mugs are very clever - they look thrown, but on closer inspection they are slipcast. There is no marking on the base.
Finn McCahon-Jones- Number of posts : 29
Registration date : 2012-11-22
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