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2 unusual facts about Crown Lynn


Crown Lynn

Tom Clark, one of Rice Owen Clark's great-grandsons, began working in the firm during the depression.

The pottery's origins started with an 1854 land purchase at Hobsonville, near Auckland, by Rice Owen Clark.


Ernest Shufflebotham

In 1948 Shufflebotham was brought to New Zealand by Crown Lynn along with a number of other designers including Frank Carpay to work in the company's 'Specials Department'.


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