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Maria Louisa "Briar" Gardner was a New Zealand potter and speech therapist born in Hobsonville, Auckland in July 1879. Her family had a connection to the pottery industry, and with her guidance, her brothers established the Crown Lynn pottery.

Gardner showed interest in creative arts and studied embroidery, tapestry, and painting in Australia, exhibiting her decorative needlework in Auckland in 1920. She later attended Elam School of Fine Arts, where she learned sculpture and M?ori design. Gardner became interested in pottery when English potter William Speer started working at New Lynn, and her skill and recognition developed in the 1930s.

She regularly exhibited her pottery through the Auckland Society of Arts and exhibited alongside four other women artists at the Waikato Society of Arts in 1937. In the same year, she established a kiln and pottery studio at her family home, and during the war years, her work was more... sold throughout New Zealand, with some exports to Australia. Gardner was praised for her use of soft colorings, flowing glazes, and Maori and indigenous plant motifs in the mid-1930s.

She had to cease making pottery in 1950 due to arthritis and trained as a speech and drama teacher in 1951. Gardner passed away in Auckland in 1968, and her work is now held in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. less...

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Briar Gardener vase, with mottled green and yellow glaze,…
Mottled Green and Yellow Briar Gardener Vase

Briar Gardener vase, with mottled green and yellow glaze, signed to the base. Height 8.66 in.

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Briar Gardner, pottery vase, of compressed ovoid form, with…
Mottled Green and Brown Pottery Vase by Briar Gardner

Briar Gardner, pottery vase, of compressed ovoid form, with partial mottled green and brown glaze to the shoulder, incised signature to the base, height 3.94 in.

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Briar Gardner, jug, small, earthenware. Full signature to base…
Earthenware Jug by Briar Gardner, 1934

Briar Gardner, jug, small, earthenware. Full signature to base and dated 6/6/34. Height 1.97 in.

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Three Briar Gardner trough vases with various glaze…
Briar Gardner Glazed Trough Vases Set

Three Briar Gardner trough vases with various glaze applications. All signed to base. Length 7.48 in.

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Three small Briar Gardner dishes. One with inverted rim and…
Briar Gardner's Small Glazed Dishes Trio

Three small Briar Gardner dishes. One with inverted rim and eight small balls applied as four pairs, pale pink glaze. One with incised koru motifs and mauve / green glaze. The other with cut bands of decoration and a blue glaze. All with full signature to

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Four small Briar Gardner vases with various glaze applications.…
Briar Gardner's Glazed Vases Collection

Four small Briar Gardner vases with various glaze applications. All, signed and dated to base. Height 3.54 in.

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one of compressed baluster form…
Briar Gardner Pottery Vases

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one of compressed baluster form with partial textured yellow / orange / green glaze, dated 14/2/34. The other of squat baluster form with blue / yellow glaze. Both with full signature to base. Height 135 &. Height 2.76 in.

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases with similar yellow / green…
Pair of Briar Gardner Pottery Vases

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases with similar yellow / green glaze. Both with full signature to base. Height 65 &. Height 3.35 in.

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one finely thrown of ovoid form…
Briar Gardner Pottery Vases, 1931 & 1937

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one finely thrown of ovoid form with thin green glaze and blue highlights to rim, dated 10/1/37. The other with blue/green glaze, dated 24/11/31. Both with full signature. Height 4.92 in.

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases both with cylindrical body and…
Briar Gardner Mottled Green/Yellow Glaze Vases (Pair)

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases both with cylindrical body and flared neck and bulbous base, mottled green/yellow glaze. One dated 1/9/41. Both with full signature to base. Height 150 &. Height 6.30 in.

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one of squat baluster form with…
Briar Gardner Pottery Vases with Maori Motifs

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases one of squat baluster form with incised bands of Maori motifs and green glaze, dated 1/7/40. The other of wavy ovoid form, pale green glaze and firing cracks to base. Both with full signature. Height 95 &. Height 5.51 in.

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A Briar Gardner pottery vase of ovoid form with bands of cut…
Briar Gardner Ovoid Vase with Cut Decoration and Speckled Glaze

A Briar Gardner pottery vase of ovoid form with bands of cut decoration to base, unusual white glaze with blue specks. Full signature to base

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Two Briar Gardner pottery vases both with flared rims. The…
Briar Gardner Pottery Vases - Mottled Glaze

Two Briar Gardner pottery vases both with flared rims. The taller one with mottled blue glaze, the shorter with mottled orange glaze both with full signature to base. Height 110 &. Height 2.56 in.

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A Briar Gardner pottery vase of squat ovoid form with…
Briar Gardner Mottled Green Pottery Vase with Basketweave Decoration

A Briar Gardner pottery vase of squat ovoid form with cylindrical neck, mottled green glaze and two bands of basketweave decoration. Full signature to base. Height 4.13 in.

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A Briar Gardner pottery vase of spherical form with yellow…
Briar Gardner Mottled Vase

A Briar Gardner pottery vase of spherical form with yellow interior and mottled green / brown exterior. Full signature to base. Height 4.33 in.

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A Briar Gardner blue glazed bottle form vase, the base…
Briar Gardner Blue Glazed Centennial Vase

A Briar Gardner blue glazed bottle form vase, the base inscribed 'Centennial, Briar Gardner 1939-40'. Height 7.68 in.

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