Ashtray - tiki shape

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Ashtray - tiki shape

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Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn and Clayworks Museum

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Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn and Clayworks Museum

Description

Medium sized ashtray in the shape of a Maori carved head. An indentation for the cigarette is in the tongue. It has a shiny brown glaze over top and bottom with a green glaze in the dish of the ashtray. Crown Lynn moved in the late 1940s to capture some of the growing market for souvenirs as New Zealand became more popular as a tourist destination. Wharetana Ware was launched, and a range of artware shapes including ashtrays, plates and trinket boxes were produced as souvenirs with designs in...

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Image

Date created

1945-1952

Creator

Crown Lynn Potteries Limited

URL

https://tetoiuku.org.nz/object-detail/2313

Related subjects

green class like ashtray

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