About Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman
Lived 1901 – 1991 (aged 89). Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was a New Zealand ceramicist and potter.
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman (11 October 1901 – 18 February 1991) was a New Zealand studio potter.
Lissaman was born in Blenheim and grew up on her family's sheep station, Waireka, near Seddon.
In 1969, Lissaman published Pottery for Pleasure in Australia and New Zealand, a book designed to support potters working with Australasian clays.
Lissaman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to pottery, in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours. Her work is held in several public collections, including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Sarjeant Gallery.
Lissaman died in Cambridge in 1991.
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Who was Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman?
New Zealand potter (1901-1991)
When was Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman born?
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was born on 11 October 1901 in Blenheim.
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Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman died on 18 February 1991 in Cambridge.
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Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was a ceramicist and potter.
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Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was New Zealand.
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