Titian Studio Pottery Blog

 What is Titian Studio's Missing S.108 Piece? Handpainted Souvenir Plate - S.107 You have to be a strong person to not get caught buying at least one souvenir trinket on your travels. The minimum would be a postcard, but there's key rings, kiwi soft toys and tee shirts to entice you. Back in the fifties and sixties, the health consequences of smoking weren’t fully understood, so what could be better than an ashtray. They were practical, small enough to disappear into luggage, and an appreciated item bringing back holiday memories with every flick of ash. Pre-1957 Cameron Brown's souvenir range was marked on the base with the Titian Studio green slash, and sometimes the product name scratched through a separate green slash. After 1957, the souvenir range was given a 'S' product code and fresh moulds were made.   Early version of the S.100 - Square Ashtray Images and greetings -  ‘Kia Ora’ or ‘Greetings from'  would be sgraffito through a black or dark green glaze...

  Titian Studio's iconic New Zealand souvenir piece. Original Wahine Jug (S.106) Cam Brown jnr related this story, as told by his brother Chris. It came to light after Chris saw a promotional segment on television where they were interviewing Cordys owner/auctioneer, Andrew Grigg. A couple of Wahine jugs were included in the upcoming auction of Ngaire Hart’s kiwiana collection. 26 th May 2020 Cordys Catalogue – The Ngaire Hart Estate Collection Cordys in house video on Facebook - The Ngaire Hart Estate Collection Every Christmas the Brown family set off on trips around New Zealand. It was in 1958 whilst driving through Opotiki on the east coast that the story unfolds. The navigator on these trips was Dorothy. On one occasion Cam Jnr remembers peeking over his mother’s shoulder to see she was holding the map upside down. After that he’d wondered how they ever found their destinations! They were driving through the main shopping street when Cameron Snr spotted an old Māori  ...