Examples of Hornsea Pottery   

From 1992, it has housed a comprehensive and varied display of early Hornsea pottery.

The museum recently acquired an enormous amount of pottery, designs and other archive material following the closure of the world famous Hornsea Pottery. The material is of great importance and has been described by a national authority as one of the most complete records of a pottery in the UK.

Donations have included important pieces such as :

• The "Bust of a young girl" (by John Clappison & Alan Luckham 1965) donated by the executors of Gwen Aspinall's will. Gwen was a retired Hornsea Primary School teacher who died on 30 Dec. 2000. Her husband Jack was the Hornsea Post Master in Newbegin where he had a display case in the shop, which he let to the Pottery. The rent charged was the pieces that were taken out when the display was changed !
• Impasto Wall lights (designed by John Clappison in 1961) donated by Mr Harding of Hessle. He left Hornsea in 1969 and his work took him all over England before he returned to live in Hessle in 2000. The lights remained in their packing case for 31 years and were donated to the Museum after he heard a talk on Hornsea Pottery at Hornsea Probus Club.

News, letters, and reminiscences of past employees are still wanted, so we can have as full representation as possible of the history of the Pottery that made Hornsea famous.

A reunion of past employees was held at the Museum in October 2006. If you are interested in attending the next one, please contact

hornseamuseum@tiscali.co.uk

The display continues into the neighbouring house - No 15 Newbegin, which is accessed from 'Burn's Lane' (the street scene).

Here, the pottery from the post-Rawson eras are displayed.

It covers all aspects of the Pottery from founding in 1949 through to its closure in 2000.

The exhibition was opened in 2004 by Paul Atterbury from 'The Antiques Road Show', shown here with John Clappison and Stuart Walker.

Some 2000 pieces are currently on display.

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