Luke Adams Limited
Date of birth / Date established
1881
Date of death / Date closed
1975
Place of birth / Place established
Place of death / Place closed
Person/Corporate type
Business
Biography
In 1881, Luke Adams, a country potter from Farnham, England, established his own pottery business in Christchurch. Luke Adams Pottery Ltd was one of the few New Zealand potteries that did not have its immediate origins in the heavy clay products of bricks, drainage pipes or sanitary ware.
The mainstay of the company were ornamental and domestic wares such as household containers, jugs, teapots, vases and flowerpots.
Luke Adams died in 1918 but the company survived until 1975 becoming at this time the longest running pottery in New Zealand.
The mainstay of the company were ornamental and domestic wares such as household containers, jugs, teapots, vases and flowerpots.
Luke Adams died in 1918 but the company survived until 1975 becoming at this time the longest running pottery in New Zealand.
