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Line 1: {{Short description|Former pottery manufacturer in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date= {{Infobox company | name = The Hornsea Pottery Company Limited Line 19: | parent = | subsid = Hornsea Pottery Leisure Park }}
'''Hornsea Pottery''' was a business located in the coastal town of [[Hornsea]] in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England. They specialized in [[tableware]] with elegant contemporary designs. Line 25 ⟶ 26: The [[pottery]] was founded in 1949, in a small terraced house, by brothers Colin and Desmond Rawson with funding from local business man, Philip Clappison. The factory's earliest pieces were mostly designed by Colin Rawson. The products sold well and the pottery moved to larger premises and took on its first employee in 1950. Expansion of the business in the 1950s brought moves to larger sites in [[Hornsea]]. A second factory in [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] opened in 1974. In 1984, the company As part of the asset sales during receivership the design rights to the successful Taunton range of table wares was acquired by Poole Pottery. The remainder of the designs, patterns and Intellectual Property rights were sold to Mainscore Ltd and are now owned by Hornsea Potteries Intellectual Properties USA LLC.{{ In 2008, [[Hornsea Museum]] opened a permanent exhibition of Hornsea Pottery. The V & A in London has numerous Hornsea Pottery items in its permanent collection. Line 117 ⟶ 118: ===Decline=== [[File:Hornsea pierrot design.jpg|thumb|"Pierrot" pattern, In 1979 the number of employees rose to 460, and by 1981 it peaked at 700. However, this state of affairs did not last and after 1978 profits plummeted owing to development costs associated with its new factory in Lancaster, and production losses at its new plant. In 1980 a team from the National Westminster Bank was sent to review the company's management and appoint a new managing director, Mr Anthony Kusmirek who joined the company in 1975 as project director. Noel Rawson the sales director and Anthony Kusmirek the new managing director were both dismissed after attempting to redress the company's sales performance and improve the product range. In 1981 the National Westminster Bank then appointed Gordon Barker as managing director and nominated a new management team. Line 123 ⟶ 124: Following its dissolution, several of the redundant managers and staff were able to relocate to the newly constructed Park Rose Pottery, on a green field site situated on the main road entering the seaside town of Bridlington. Park Rose Pottery was founded by Anthony Kusmirek and Noel Rawson in 1982. The founder's original giftware range consisted of vases, plant pot holders and ceramic lamp bases. One of their first customers was [[IKEA]]. They went on to produce and sell a successful range of designer ware in their own right. Park Rose Pottery itself ceased to trade in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/local/15-jobs-lost-as-park-rose-ceramics-closes-1-4685786|title=15 jobs lost as Park Rose Ceramics closes|date=27 June 2012|work=Bridlington Free Press|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> Hornsea Pottery designs are now available across a wide range of homewares, clothing and accessories via the official Hornsea Pottery website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hornseapottery.com/|title=HORNSEA|website=HORNSEA|accessdate=15 May 2022}}</ref> ==Museum== Line 151 ⟶ 152: | authorlink = | editor =
| title = Gone to Pot, the Life and Work of John Clappison |date=March 2007 Line 163: | authorlink = | editor =
| title = Hornsea Pottery, 1949–89: Its People, Processes and Products |date=March 1998 Line 173 ⟶ 172: *[http://www.hornseamuseum.com/ Hornsea Museum] *[http://www.hornsea-pottery.org.uk Online Directory Of Hornsea Pottery] *[https://www.hornseapottery.com HORNSEA] Official Hornsea Site or Hornsea Pottery IP Rights *[https://www.hornseapottery.co.uk/ Hornsea Pottery Collectors’ and Research Society] [[Category:British companies established in 1949]] | |||