Hornsea - growing popularity? If you lived like me through the 60's and 70's a manufacturer which was synonimous with homewares at the time was Hornsea. The original Hornsea potteries was based as you would expect in Hornsea on the East coast of Yorkshire. Started by the Rawson Brothers in 1949 Hornsea pottery began life in a large terraced house an eventually ended up in a purpose built factory at Edenfield in Hornsea. First items to be produced were character jugs and quaint animal based posey vases.

It wasnt until the mid to late '50's that Hornsea began to produce table ware and with John Clappison joining the company in 1958 the innovative tableware designs began. Hornsea's hayday came in the late '60's through the '70's and into the '80's with households being filled with their popular Heirloom and Fleur designs to name just two.

Unfortunatley the Company was taken over in 1984 although their designs continued to 1989. Now where the factory stood is a retail park, Hornsea Freeport, but the interest in Hornsea has not gone away. The Hornsea Pottery Collectors' and Research Society has a growing membership and the designs have much to offer the young home owner of today as well as being ever more collectable. If you have an interest in Hornsea or want any more information please send me a message.