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A note on "bonbon" dishes. Did the British public really buy little Hornsea dishes so the butler could pass round the bonbons after dinner? Er, no. Certain objects were marketed as 'bonbon dishes' to avoid the sales tax on ashtrays (which is in fact what they really were). Another thing to remember when buying little dishes or trays: people tend to keep coins or keys in them, and so they are very often scratched.
Story of Hornsea
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Abbey lamp (1961-63) Abbey lamp (1961-63) Bronte (John Clappison, 1972) Cinnamon (1980) Contour (1980) Coral (1980) Cruets, 1977-78 Cumbria (1982) Eastgate Ebony (1981) Elegance designed by John Clappison (1955) Fauna slipware dishes (1955-57) Focus Gaiety (1964-5) Geometric cruets (1971) Gourmet 66 (1966-7) Harmony (1981-83) Heirloom (John Clappison, 1966) Homestead (1965) Imprest (1964-66) John Clappison screen printed preserve pots (1967-76) Miscellaneous Onion-shaped cruet (1959) Other Slipware Owl storage jar Passion (1983) People by John Clappison (1982-83) Pisces (1960-61) Saffron (John Clappison, 1970) Sienna (1981) Spotted slipware dishes (1955-56) Springtime 1964-65, by John Clappison Strata by John Clappison (1981-3) Studiocraft (1960-62) Studiocraft (1966) Summit (1960-65) Sunflower (1965) Tricorn (1958) Tundra and Roundel (1980)
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Abbey lamp (1961-63)
Designed by John Clappison. Extremely rare.
Abbey lamp (1961-63)
Designed by John Clappison. Extremely rare.
Bronte (John Clappison, 1972)
A best-selling range, still very easy to find.
Cinnamon (1980)
Cinnamon and Ebony (below) used the Concord body shape designed by Martin Hunt (c. 1976). This body shape is less curvaceous than contrast. The name might have been influenced by the Concorde aircraft that had its first commercial flights in 1976.
Contour (1980)
Contour and Sienna (below) are all beautiful, but not-so-common pattern variants on the Contrast body shape (designed 1974 by Martin Hunt).
Coral (1980)
No description available
Cruets, 1977-78
With gold plastic lids.
Cumbria (1982)
This pattern is extremely scarce.
Eastgate
Listed here because they took over many of the moulds from the former Hornsea factory (please note: everything else on these pages is Hornsea). The elegance look-alikes by Eastgate may have pale blue, golden-yellow or lavender interiors.
Ebony (1981)
Not a very popular line and consequently infrequently seen these days.
Elegance designed by John Clappison (1955)
This collectable range, designed by John Clappison in 1955, was produced between 1955 and 1959 at Hornsea with a yellow interior. Elegance is occasionally seen with the Studio Craft backstamp, and yellow or blue interiors. For an account of Clappison's life and work, see Casey, 2001. The pieces below are fairly frequent. Watch out for the less common, and more valuable, large vase. Note the similarity with designs from Swedish factories at the time, such as Gefle (vase, right), and Gabriel. Van Daalen in Germany also produced an identical striped pattern on vases.
Fauna slipware dishes (1955-57)
No description available
Focus
Is this an unlisted pattern? Please email me if you know.
Gaiety (1964-5)
No description available
Geometric cruets (1971)
Single pots without lids may sell for £1-2
Gourmet 66 (1966-7)
Not to be confused with the much more common Hornsea heirloom which it superficially resembles.
Harmony (1981-83)
No description available
Heirloom (John Clappison, 1966)
This range was very popular, and was produced from 1967-1987. Still very easy to find at second hand markets.
Homestead (1965)
This range is rather uncommon, and the variant with blue flames (not shown) is particularly scarce.
Imprest (1964-66)
Imprest is a collectable and attractive range of vases and pots in 4 patterns, with black-on-honey patterns (or more rarely, black-on-green). The range appears fairly regularly on the market, although it is not abundant. As with many Hornsea ranges, the prices of the large, tall vases (not shown) are beginning to get out of reach of the average collector.
John Clappison screen printed preserve pots (1967-76)
The designs are also seen on mugs and cruets. The wooden lids, sometimes missing, may have a notch for a spoon, and a rubber seal; or the lid may be un-notched with no seal. I have seen them in two sizes. The larger one is 3 inches in diameter, the smaller is 2 5/8 inches. Two backstamps are seen: they may be printed Hornsea 1974 underneath, with date code in dots; or they may have HORNSEA ENGLAND is impressed underneath.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Hornsea
Onion-shaped cruet (1959)
See Heckford (1998), p. 60 column 2.
Other Slipware
No description available
Owl storage jar
With detachable head forming the lid. According to Heckford, these were first issued in 1970 and then again in the 1980s; unfortunately he gives no information on how to distinguish the two issues. I guess these 2 below are 1980s because of the calligraphy of the overglaze backstamp.
Passion (1983)
No description available
People by John Clappison (1982-83)
No description available
Pisces (1960-61)
Designed by Ron Mitchell sometime around 1960, and issued only in 1961, these exhibition pieces are now extremely rare. A similar vase is featured in the book Austerity to Affluence (ISBN 185894046X) as number C40.
Saffron (John Clappison, 1970)
This range was very popular and was produced until 1992, and so can still be easily found.
Sienna (1981)
This wonderful and scarce range is virtually uncollected at this time. It has a warm terracotta glow, and the name comes from the reddish pigment Sienna (hydrated ferric oxide).
Spotted slipware dishes (1955-56)
Among the commonest of the Studio Slipware range, these bonbon dishes or ashtrays often have crazing (although the examples below do not). They were made in heart, kidney or three-pointed forms, with interiors of yellow, blue, green or rarely caramel.
Springtime 1964-65, by John Clappison
Becoming collectable.
Strata by John Clappison (1981-3)
The boxes had a leaflet printed: "Hornsea, for special people & special days, Strata trinket box" and containing a message signed in facsimile by John Clappison.
Studiocraft (1960-62)
This range is now very collectable. A few years ago, it would have been regarded as junk.
Studiocraft (1966)
This very scarce range is not related to the Studiocraft range of 1960-62.
Summit (1960-65)
Not highly collected at this time and still quite cheap. I like them, though.
Sunflower (1965)
A range of plant holders in five colorways.
Tricorn (1958)
Scarce, and now popular with collectors.
Tundra and Roundel (1980)
This range of plant pots is rare.
Story of Hornsea
| Hornsea Themes |
Abbey lamp (1961-63) Abbey lamp (1961-63) Bronte (John Clappison, 1972) Cinnamon (1980) Contour (1980) Coral (1980) Cruets, 1977-78 Cumbria (1982) Eastgate Ebony (1981) Elegance designed by John Clappison (1955) Fauna slipware dishes (1955-57) Focus Gaiety (1964-5) Geometric cruets (1971) Gourmet 66 (1966-7) Harmony (1981-83) Heirloom (John Clappison, 1966) Homestead (1965) Imprest (1964-66) John Clappison screen printed preserve pots (1967-76) Miscellaneous Onion-shaped cruet (1959) Other Slipware Owl storage jar Passion (1983) People by John Clappison (1982-83) Pisces (1960-61) Saffron (John Clappison, 1970) Sienna (1981) Spotted slipware dishes (1955-56) Springtime 1964-65, by John Clappison Strata by John Clappison (1981-3) Studiocraft (1960-62) Studiocraft (1966) Summit (1960-65) Sunflower (1965) Tricorn (1958) Tundra and Roundel (1980)
Click a theme to see all the related items
Abbey lamp (1961-63)
Designed by John Clappison. Extremely rare.
Abbey lamp (1961-63)
Designed by John Clappison. Extremely rare.
Bronte (John Clappison, 1972)
A best-selling range, still very easy to find.
Cinnamon (1980)
Cinnamon and Ebony (below) used the Concord body shape designed by Martin Hunt (c. 1976). This body shape is less curvaceous than contrast. The name might have been influenced by the Concorde aircraft that had its first commercial flights in 1976.
Contour (1980)
Contour and Sienna (below) are all beautiful, but not-so-common pattern variants on the Contrast body shape (designed 1974 by Martin Hunt).
Coral (1980)
No description available
Cruets, 1977-78
With gold plastic lids.
Cumbria (1982)
This pattern is extremely scarce.
Eastgate
Listed here because they took over many of the moulds from the former Hornsea factory (please note: everything else on these pages is Hornsea). The elegance look-alikes by Eastgate may have pale blue, golden-yellow or lavender interiors.
Ebony (1981)
Not a very popular line and consequently infrequently seen these days.
Elegance designed by John Clappison (1955)
This collectable range, designed by John Clappison in 1955, was produced between 1955 and 1959 at Hornsea with a yellow interior. Elegance is occasionally seen with the Studio Craft backstamp, and yellow or blue interiors. For an account of Clappison's life and work, see Casey, 2001. The pieces below are fairly frequent. Watch out for the less common, and more valuable, large vase. Note the similarity with designs from Swedish factories at the time, such as Gefle (vase, right), and Gabriel. Van Daalen in Germany also produced an identical striped pattern on vases.
Fauna slipware dishes (1955-57)
No description available
Focus
Is this an unlisted pattern? Please email me if you know.
Gaiety (1964-5)
No description available
Geometric cruets (1971)
Single pots without lids may sell for £1-2
Gourmet 66 (1966-7)
Not to be confused with the much more common Hornsea heirloom which it superficially resembles.
Harmony (1981-83)
No description available
Heirloom (John Clappison, 1966)
This range was very popular, and was produced from 1967-1987. Still very easy to find at second hand markets.
Homestead (1965)
This range is rather uncommon, and the variant with blue flames (not shown) is particularly scarce.
Imprest (1964-66)
Imprest is a collectable and attractive range of vases and pots in 4 patterns, with black-on-honey patterns (or more rarely, black-on-green). The range appears fairly regularly on the market, although it is not abundant. As with many Hornsea ranges, the prices of the large, tall vases (not shown) are beginning to get out of reach of the average collector.
John Clappison screen printed preserve pots (1967-76)
The designs are also seen on mugs and cruets. The wooden lids, sometimes missing, may have a notch for a spoon, and a rubber seal; or the lid may be un-notched with no seal. I have seen them in two sizes. The larger one is 3 inches in diameter, the smaller is 2 5/8 inches. Two backstamps are seen: they may be printed Hornsea 1974 underneath, with date code in dots; or they may have HORNSEA ENGLAND is impressed underneath.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Hornsea
Onion-shaped cruet (1959)
See Heckford (1998), p. 60 column 2.
Other Slipware
No description available
Owl storage jar
With detachable head forming the lid. According to Heckford, these were first issued in 1970 and then again in the 1980s; unfortunately he gives no information on how to distinguish the two issues. I guess these 2 below are 1980s because of the calligraphy of the overglaze backstamp.
Passion (1983)
No description available
People by John Clappison (1982-83)
No description available
Pisces (1960-61)
Designed by Ron Mitchell sometime around 1960, and issued only in 1961, these exhibition pieces are now extremely rare. A similar vase is featured in the book Austerity to Affluence (ISBN 185894046X) as number C40.
Saffron (John Clappison, 1970)
This range was very popular and was produced until 1992, and so can still be easily found.
Sienna (1981)
This wonderful and scarce range is virtually uncollected at this time. It has a warm terracotta glow, and the name comes from the reddish pigment Sienna (hydrated ferric oxide).
Spotted slipware dishes (1955-56)
Among the commonest of the Studio Slipware range, these bonbon dishes or ashtrays often have crazing (although the examples below do not). They were made in heart, kidney or three-pointed forms, with interiors of yellow, blue, green or rarely caramel.
Springtime 1964-65, by John Clappison
Becoming collectable.
Strata by John Clappison (1981-3)
The boxes had a leaflet printed: "Hornsea, for special people & special days, Strata trinket box" and containing a message signed in facsimile by John Clappison.
Studiocraft (1960-62)
This range is now very collectable. A few years ago, it would have been regarded as junk.
Studiocraft (1966)
This very scarce range is not related to the Studiocraft range of 1960-62.
Summit (1960-65)
Not highly collected at this time and still quite cheap. I like them, though.
Sunflower (1965)
A range of plant holders in five colorways.
Tricorn (1958)
Scarce, and now popular with collectors.
Tundra and Roundel (1980)
This range of plant pots is rare.
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