page_title: Crown Lynn
section_title: Brands used by Crown Lynn
hierarchical_section_title: Crown Lynn / Brands used by Crown Lynn
caption_attribution_description: English: An image of a Crown Lynn cup with a magnolia pattern.
context_page_description: Crown Lynn was a New Zealand ceramics manufacturer that operated under various names between 1854 and 1989.
context_section_description: Crown Lynn used several difference brands over the years it was in production, as demonstrated by the wide variety of backstamps seen today. Some of the more common include:
  Ascot
  Avondale Selection (named after Avondale Raceway)
  Colourglaze
  Essentials Quality Homewares
  Fancy Fayre
  Goldline
  Genuine Ironstone
  Handwerk
  Lynndale (a portmanteau of New Lynn and Avondale)
  Kelston British / Potteries / Ceramics / Ferrostone (named after the Auckland suburb of Kelston, adjacent to New Lynn)
  Roydon (sold exclusively at McKenzies)
  Titian Studio (Titian Pottery was bought in 1967)
  Wentworth Ware
  As well as the above, many pieces are unmarked save for variations of "New Zealand", "Made in New Zealand" or "Made in NZ" either stamped or pressed into the base.
caption: "Magnolia Moon" pattern on a Crown Lynn mug.
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