Elizabeth Lissaman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Lissaman

New Zealand potter

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1901

Place of Birth: Blenheim, New Zealand

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1991

Profession: potter, ceramist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.She 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.