Postscript
Since the early nineteen eighties artists Rudolf Boelee and Robyne Voyce have been collecting ceramics, glass and furniture from the immediate postwar period. Their interest led in 1994 to the accidental acquisition of the Crown Lynn New Zealand name, which was the former trade mark of Crown Lynn Potteries Limited. From 1995, Boelee started to use images of Crown Lynn wares as paintings, e.g. the New Zealand Railways Cup, the Crown Lynn Swan and the Ernest Shufflebotham Modernist Vase. During the 1970s Crown Lynn was carried by David Jones Ltd in Australia. The Buyer for Basic Table ware was a Peter Reedman who extended the range that was introduced by Mr Jacques Uljee and his predecessor Mario Cukeric
In 1996 a series of collaborative projects commenced with "Crown Lynn New Zealand' - A Salvage Operation" a collaboration with graphic designers Brian Shields and Craig Stapley that was exhibited at the High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch and City Gallery, Wellington.
In 2005 a small group of collectors started an online resource guide of Crown Lynn shapes and patterns. The Crown Lynn Shape Guide is now considered a vital resource by many Crown Lynn collectors. Images include Crown Lynn Shapes 1-886, Wharetana, Frank Carpay, Shufflebotham, Steenstra, dinnerware and specials department examples.
Now (2009) there is the Robyne Voyce and Rudolf Boelee run Pug Design Store in Christchurch. This new store has developed a range of Crown Lynn wares: tea towels, cushions and cards depicting the company's most famous products.
In 2011 there were two exhibitions staged to look at Crown Lynn collections - Crown Lynn: Crockery of Distinction at City Gallery Wellington and Crown Lynn: Pottery for the People at Gus Fisher Gallery.
The late Richard Quinn was instrumental in preserving much of the important history of Crown Lynn and was seen as an expert in all things "Crown Lynn". Upon discovering the closure of the factory, Richard Quinn painstakingly salvaged pottery, documentation, molds machinery and more. Memorabilia was salvaged and put into what is recognised as the greatest collection of Crown Lynn to date. Richard Quinn saw what nobody else could at the time, that Crown Lynn was a piece of New Zealand history that should be preserved, documented and remembered.
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