Hornsea Pottery (E Yorks & Lancaster)

Just had a quick look on the net and found a lidded pot on ebay but listed as "Country" not "County". Which is correct??

Hornsea book says County.

Cheers!

From the "Rainbow" range of pots, planters and cruets, 1961/1963.
These little pots often turn up in pairs, although because of the way they were
decorated, no two are ever exactly the same.
The earlier blue banding was replaced by grey (as above).

Cheers

Hi.  I've been trying to find out about this mug/beaker - Rough date of manufacture? Found other similar ones search by "train mug" or "train beaker" was that the design name? All the others I've found have white insides this has brown, any reasons for that? This has a number 1 handwritten on the base, which appears to be under the glazing as it doesn't come off with marker pen remover, did that signify anything on the production line etc., wondering if it meant it was a "second" or anything? Thanks in advance for any help.

This is the "train" mug designed by John Clappison 1970.
There are various colourways, some on an ivory glaze.
This one is on a standard "Saffron" coloured body.
Not sure what the 1 means, possibly a trial number.

Thanks very much for all the info.  I've done a lot of searching but I've not been able to find anything about that number 1.  I had hoped it would be something commonly done at Hornsea, or potteries in general, & therefore easy to find out the meaning of it but nothing so far.  The trial number idea is interesting & gives me a new direction to search in. Thanks again.

Probably a fruitless search. I can ask at the next Hornsea collectors meeting
in the autumn, but it won't make it anything other than what it is.

Thanks for the kind offer but, after spending another couple of hours searching last night &, as you suspected, finding nothing, I've given up on finding out what the number means. It's my dad's mug & he'd asked me to see what I could find out about it & the number, he'll have to settle for the mug info. As I mentioned, I'd assumed the numbering on the base would turn out to be something commonly done at potteries & therefore it would be easy to verify it's meaning, obviously my assumption was wrong.
Thanks again for your help.

Items on sale at yesterday's Hornsea collectors meeting in Lincolnshire.

Wow!!!!!!

I picked this up in a charity shop today. I don't know what it is or what it could be used for, but the sticker sold it to me for £2.00. Is it or isn't it?

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Looks like something out of a fish tank!

One of the 8 "Pebble flower vases" from 1982.
Slipcast from moulds of pebbles found on Hornsea beach.

Well Done DD! I knew somebody would have a clue about it! So it is a genuine Hornsea piece! Not just a sticker stuck on a random item? It came from a local charity shop for a couple of quid, but I was dubious about the sticker and no other marks. Could have been anything, I have never seen Hornsea like that! Many thanks!!

Some items for sale at yesterday's Hornsea collector's meeting in Yorkshire.





Including a rare Abbey lantern.

The "reincarnation" of Hornsea pottery.

The Hornsea name, and intellectual copyright of all the designs are currently
owned by an American chap, who licences the name and designs
to any one who wishes to use them, for a royalty fee.

https://www.hornseapottery.com/
https://www.hornseapottery.com/hornsea-reprodcution-ceramics
https://hornseapotterydesign.com/

One such, is Magpie gifts, using many Clappison designs.

https://magpie.gifts/collections/hornsea

One of those common small Hornsea dishes. This being unusual as it was as it was bought as a souvenir from the pottery itself.

Designed by Philip Clappison, these were done in sets of 3 sizes,
in several colours, as bon-bon dishes or ash-trays, but with the hole at the back
enabling them to be hung on a wall like the ubiquitous flying ducks.