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Crossfords dinnerware.
We have a Crossfords Kiwi Family New Zealand pattern in the Crown Lynn Gallery, which came from Manos.
Today I found a Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand side plate the same as this auction ..
http://www7.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/new-zealand-maori/auction-774873502.htm
I just need confirmation that it was made by Crown Lynn please, as the plate shape didn't feel familiar. I know the story about the Kiwi Family design as I follow the Viking on Facebook and he said that Bettina his lovely wife did the artwork for Crossfords.
I won't get to put up a photo until Sunday.
Today I found a Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand side plate the same as this auction ..
http://www7.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/new-zealand-maori/auction-774873502.htm
I just need confirmation that it was made by Crown Lynn please, as the plate shape didn't feel familiar. I know the story about the Kiwi Family design as I follow the Viking on Facebook and he said that Bettina his lovely wife did the artwork for Crossfords.
I won't get to put up a photo until Sunday.
Last edited by Ev on Mon 27 Oct - 9:21; edited 1 time in total
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
When we went to the Vikings shop in Woodville at the beginning of the year he told me all about his wife doing the artwork for the Crossfords too. It was very interesting.
haselnuss- Number of posts : 970
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
There were four of these Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand side plates and three were terribly crazed. This one however is perfect and 'feels' like Crown Lynn. It is 177mm across and has a deeper shape that any other Crown Lynn side plate that I can find. The backstamp has a Crown Lynn look about it too. Darn I wish I had kept a copy of that auction above to compare the cup shape, but now it's gone, though hopefully it will come back.
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
I am confident that the Crossfords kiwi dessert plate is CL. I did a bog post on this after talking to Bettina about her role. We can ask her about the koru ware. When i get home from weekend away.
Maryr- Number of posts : 1994
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Here's a mug if not a cup:
Has "Made in New Zealand" in the mould.
Has "Made in New Zealand" in the mould.
teaandcoffee- Number of posts : 332
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Ev wrote:Darn I wish I had kept a copy of that auction above to compare the cup shape, but now it's gone, though hopefully it will come back.
Here's one:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/pottery-glass/porcelain-pottery/other-nz-manufacturers/auction-1060531708.htm
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Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
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Crossfords on a 1397
This 1397 stein was made for Crossfords.
It is the same shape as the limited edition Tom Clark one.
The only marks on the bases of both are the transfers.
I have posted this Crossfords mark in the backstamps gallery, and as the other shapes have been confirmed as CL I have also posted the Crossfords Kiwi Family New Zealand and Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand.
these are the correctly formatted gallery images
It is the same shape as the limited edition Tom Clark one.
The only marks on the bases of both are the transfers.
I have posted this Crossfords mark in the backstamps gallery, and as the other shapes have been confirmed as CL I have also posted the Crossfords Kiwi Family New Zealand and Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand.
these are the correctly formatted gallery images
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
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Registration date : 2010-09-11
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Yes I worked that out, but I can't work out why these are not in the records anywhere. Did another company buy the blanks and put their own artwork on them? I doubt it, but I still want to know.
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Found the Kiwi Family artwork in the Archives at the Crown Lynn Museum today
There are three different decals, so we have one more to find
There are three different decals, so we have one more to find
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
I have this big ole mug, backstamped ’Crossfords’ and has a very retro looking Auckland Harbour Bridge scene. I’m pretty certain it’s Crown Lynn given it’s the same shape as so many other Crown Lynn Mugs.
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/969522083.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/969522935.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/969522083.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/969522935.jpg
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Well the shape is 1487 and was first made in the later 1980's.
Crossfords had a connection with Crown Lynn at this time, though we still don't know the full story.
It's the glaze that I'm having trouble with however, as all I can see is the Orzel speckled glaze with that contrasting band of brown at the top.
Jeremy needs to take a look.
Crossfords had a connection with Crown Lynn at this time, though we still don't know the full story.
It's the glaze that I'm having trouble with however, as all I can see is the Orzel speckled glaze with that contrasting band of brown at the top.
Jeremy needs to take a look.
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
It looks remarkably similar to the 1397 I posted above.
I do have some Orzel tankards made in one of the CL shapes but do not see a connection to the Crossfords. The glaze on this one is same as mine and it never occurred to me that mine had an Orzel connection.
I could be wrong but I think the 1397 was also used for Ford Sierra. That would make just three patterns in this shape that I know, Tom Clark, Sierra, and now two Crossfords if Ducks Nuts' one is 1397 rather than 1487.
I do have some Orzel tankards made in one of the CL shapes but do not see a connection to the Crossfords. The glaze on this one is same as mine and it never occurred to me that mine had an Orzel connection.
I could be wrong but I think the 1397 was also used for Ford Sierra. That would make just three patterns in this shape that I know, Tom Clark, Sierra, and now two Crossfords if Ducks Nuts' one is 1397 rather than 1487.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
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Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
I only have records for the 1397 :
145mm high x 98mm wide on the base.
Made from 1983 to 1986 and 165 were made.
145mm high x 98mm wide on the base.
Made from 1983 to 1986 and 165 were made.
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
Do you remember how many of the Tom Clark ones there were, Ev?
Clearly a limited edition if total of Clark and others was just 165.
Clearly a limited edition if total of Clark and others was just 165.
Jeremy Ashford- Number of posts : 3193
Location : Whangarei, New Zealand
Registration date : 2010-09-11
Re: Crossfords dinnerware.
There were 160 of the Tom Clark retirement mugs made, so there must be some more production records to find I feel.
Crossfords Koru design cup
Ev wrote:There were four of these Crossfords Koru Design New Zealand side plates and three were terribly crazed. This one however is perfect and 'feels' like Crown Lynn. It is 177mm across and has a deeper shape that any other Crown Lynn side plate that I can find. The backstamp has a Crown Lynn look about it too. Darn I wish I had kept a copy of that auction above to compare the cup shape, but now it's gone, though hopefully it will come back.
Hi, greetings from Germany, I do have a cup of the Crossfords Koru design, found this among the tableware of my late mother who has been travelling a lot, also to NZ I beiieve, see photo... happy to sell this if somebody is interested...
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