Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples...

**collectiques** Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:47 pm

These photos are kindly donated by Art & Object as a reference for collectors - yahhh good on them cool

- check out their next auction http://www.artandobject.co.nz

and here are some gorgeous photos ...Olive Jones from their last auction...

Cylindrical vase with Maori figural supports

Pottery with incised koru motifs and pale green glaze

Incised signature, marked NZ, and dated 1940

H.120mm

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej10

Bullet shaped vase on four feet

Pottery with incised koru design

Signed

H.110mm

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej11

**collectiques** Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:50 pm

Olive Jones

Ovoid vase with flaring mouth

Pottery with experimental red-green glazes

Signed, dated ‘47

H.150mm

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej12

Olive Jones

Spherical vase

Pottery with copper lustre glaze

Signed

H.110mm

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej13

**collectiques** Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:53 pm

Small Koruru mask dish

Pottery with pale green glaze

Incised signature, marked NZ and dated 1940

D.90

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej14

Small twin fish dish

Moulded pottery with clear overglaze

Incised signature

D.100mm

Some super gorgeous Olive Jones examples... Olivej15

Jill Tue May 13, 2008 1:18 am

I used to spend a lot of time with Olive approx 1970-72. She lived in Seacliff Rd Onehunga, with her sister. At the time I lived not far away. I would spend hours at her pottery watching her and chatting away, she would explain what she was doing and try to teach me. Some days she would set me up on her wheel and show me how to throw pots, I remember going back there one day after I had made some pots and she had glazed and fired them for me. I still have them, they are glazed with an olive green glaze and I am sure she had tidied them up a bit after I had left. She was a real sweetie and quite elderly when I knew her. I loved going there after she had fired the kiln and seeing what new creations she had made. I had no idea she was so renowned untill joining this site and seeing her pottery again. Though it was uncommon in those days for a little old lady to be making a living from pottery.

**collectiques** Tue May 13, 2008 7:43 am

Thanks so much Jill - what a great insight into Olive Jones and her pottery ... cool

ev Tue May 13, 2008 8:23 am

Lovely to read that Jill Smile

Olive Jones was one of NZ's pioneer female studio potters and is famous for this in NZ pottery history -
along with a few others - like Briar Garderner, Elizabeth Lissaman and Florence Mary Goodsell aka Molle.
Olive's pieces are very collectable and fetch very good prices.
You should do a search on TM and check for yourself.

Foveaux Tue May 20, 2008 6:29 pm

I must be thick but how does one up load images here? I have some interesting Olive Jones items that are worth showing.

**collectiques** Tue May 20, 2008 7:22 pm

Foveaux wrote:I must be thick but how does one up load images here? I have some interesting Olive Jones items that are worth showing.

We'd love to see them!

...There are instructions for the photos under the Collectors Cafe forum ...look for the "help" section ...there is a run down of the process it sounds complicated but basically the photos are store offsite on www.servimg.com so if you create an account there then you can just copy and paste the link here and you'll see the photos...any problems send me a pm or email....Jo arms

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