Hornsea bird and fish

While looking through one of the boxes of stuff I have squirreled away, I came across this lovely bird dish. It was made by Hornsea pottery in the 1960s and is a John Clappison design.

I think it was actually originally intended to be used as an ash tray though I have also seen them described as spoon rests. It was one of the first pieces of Hornsea pottery that I bought. They used to be fairly common but you don't tend to see that many of them around at fairs or sales these days.

I also have this very similar 'fish' pepper pot, designed around the same time. I bought it last year at a Norfolk car boot and am hopeful that one day I will find its matching salt pot!

Holiday shopping

We have just got back from a much needed pre-bank holiday mini-break to Rye in East Sussex. Both Rye and neighbouring Hastings have loads of great vintage/antique/junk shops and I think we pretty much scoured all of them during our three days in the area.

I unpacked all the finds this morning once we were back home:

I was particularly pleased to find a scarce Hornsea pottery 'Aphrodite' vase designed by John Clappison, here's a close up photo:

Kempton finds

Last month we made another trip to the Kempton Park market. These are a few of items I bought. At the back is a big Hornsea Studio plant pot with a geometric circles pattern, it's in excellent condition which is always key with Hornsea pottery which is easily damaged. On the left is a small Rorstrand lidded dish, the design is called 'Amanda' which I have not seen before. Front right is a very chunky Wedgewood 'Brutus' vase designed by Frank Thrower. I have a taller version too and they look good displayed together.

Another more sizeable purchase were these giant letters now on top of our book case!

Hornsea Summit ceramics

I have a lot of Hornsea pottery in my own collection - particularly plant pots - many of which have already featured on the blog.

This week on ebay I am selling off quite a few other Hornsea pieces. Most of them are from the 'Summit' range and or the similar 'colour inlay' range used for tableware. These all date from the early 1960s.

 

Latest finds

Just back from a week away in Norfolk where I found these two interesting pieces of Hornsea Pottery dating from the 1960s. Both are John Clappison designs.

Tall 'Impact' vase with textured abstract decoration

'Fish' pepper pot, one half of a cruet. Now I need to hunt for the matching salt pot!

Hornsea Elegance ceramics

This week on ebay I am sellling a couple of really nice examples of vintage 1950s Hornsea pottery.




These are from the 'Elegance' range designed in the mid-1950s by John Clappison. The large bowl is a lovely curved organic shape and its quite rare to find a large piece in such good condition.

New plant pots

I can't resist a nice vintage plant pot and here are photos of my latest acquisitions, both newly planted as well..

This one was made by Thanet pottery, I like the wax relief effect of the design, the leafy pattern also reminds me of the distinctive Orla Kiely stem print.

The other one is yet another Hornsea pottery planter, I hadn't seen this design before when I bought it, though it looks as though it might be from the Saffron range dating from the late 1960s. Just behind it is a Hornsea Studiocraft vase with a circle design, also dating from the 1960s.

Hornsea pottery

Here is a quirky Hornsea mug from the 1970s which I am listing on ebay this week.

I have quite a few other bits of Hornsea pottery. I particularly like the plant pots...