Pottery fish are a bit of a favourite of mine, and fish seem to have been a bit of a favourite at Hornsea Pottery too.
Remember this Hornsea slip fish dish and this Hornsea fish wall plaque
These fine examples are from a range made in the mid 1950s by Hornsea Pottery. They are made in the form of small, shallow dishes and they come in various sizes and colours. One nice feature of these little fishy dishes is that they all have a hole on the reverse so that are that they can be hung on a wall – a bit like pottery flying ducks, I suppose. The decoration was formed by using trails of liquid slip and dragging the spike shapes with a fine tool.
These little dishes look so good, I feel inspired to go on a fish-based blog-run. So stand by for a couple more fish themed pots over the next couple of days.
What a great photo of those wonderful dishes. I see quite a few Hornsea pots at antique fairs that I like and usually pick up to look at, but don't see many as good as the ones in your collection. Can't wait to see the other fishy pots.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, Rob. I'll bet there's a good-looking fish-themed pot you could show us from that fabulous Poole Pottery collection of yours. We could start a trend.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could join you in posting a Poole fish, but the Robert Jefferson fish trays keep eluding me.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful!
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