Hornsea Pottery

Not that I enjoy lowering the tone or anything, here's my Hornsea 'Grandpa' mug.

I have the matching Grandma design

I have "Worlds Best Son"

Bought it for myself

Potty wrote:I have "Worlds Best Son"

Bought it for myself

I look more like the figure on mine every day; it's like it's my own 'reverse Dorian Gray'

Hornsea 'Viking Boat' jardineire - mould 357 mark 11 - 11" long by John Clappison - 1960-61

Bought for £5 yesterday which I think is a bargain!

Thanks Adam

I picked up this Hornsea Coronet jug today, I believe production was restricted to 1960-61. Was this produced in large numbers over these two years or is it quite scarce.I am assuming this is a John Clappison design, would that be right?




Thanks John

Yes it is a John clappison design. He was there from 1958 to 1972 then again in 1976 and he was the driving force into table ware
(he designed the elegance range 3 years before he joined hornsea, probably because his mam and dad, Philip and Edith, were very involved in hornsea and had been for many years. They were the prime movers for the "come and see how we make pottery" which proved very popular)
Your jug is an oiler/vinergerette and unless you have the stopper elsewhere it is missing it
The ones that are hard to find are the early ones of the production that had a coloured dot at the end of each channel making it look like a coronet but this was soon discontinued due to production costs
the mould number was 204
There are thirteen pieces in the range should you decide to collect more

Just baught - a Muramic wall plaque by John Clappinson 1971 - 1972 - Court Jester

Good description Brian Heckford book pp 147

Thanks Adam

Hi, all I have been reading some of the posts on this site with interest, so this is my first post as a member. I have 2 Ulrome Pottery figurines, I believe they were called "Negress" figures, and may have been made by Marion Campbell, but that is all I have been able to find out. I am not sure if these are rare designs as I have been unable to find any information on the web about these particular designs. I have added photos below, so if anyone could tell me more that would be great.

the other :)

Ulrome is part of hornsea pottery
http://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t186p90-hornsea-pottery

It is getting rarer and you hardley see much about now
The paper stickers came off leaving the identification a bit vague as there were other people making matt black pieces

hope this helps

there were 3 negress in the seris and a bambino (the one in the link above)

The bambino was mould No 563
Hands on hips No 566
Hands behind head (the missing one in your collection of negress) No 567
Hand on knee No 568

Bambino was also produced in matt white

As well as Hornsea collectors, art deco collectors look out for these and the animals Marion made

Thanks for the info Very helpful to know, these are stamped with the Ulrome Shield, which I understand has often washed off long ago, so I guess we are lucky. At the moment, I am in two minds whether to keep them or sell them, as I didn't know what they were until someone said they were a collectors item the other day. We tried taking them to the Hornsea Museum to find out more today but it is closed until Easter.

We went to the Hornsea Museum the other day and it is well worth a visit for the pottery collection alone. It is really well laid out to show the development of the pottery, and some of the designers too