I'm a child of the 1970s, and was raised in a brown and orange house. Carpet, curtains, sofas – bold brown and orange patterns. G Plan sideboard and dining room furniture in a heavy browny orange wood. How do you make wood so orange? I loved this sideboard with the drinks cabinet on the right. And in the cupboard on the left lived lots of brown and orange ceramics!
I’m not sure if we owned this Hornsea jug...jug of the month...
Hornsea Pottery produced Saffron from about 1970 to 1992. It was designed by John Clappison who had studied at Hull College of Art. Here he is...
According to the Hornsea Museum website. “Its distinctive caramel, orange and brown colouring helped it to become very popular and it was sold in very large quantities.” A popular choice then Mum. Wonder if everyone else had a caramel, orange and brown house to match?
The pottery had lots of visitors in the 1950s and turned part of the site into a theme park, with “a model village, birds of prey exhibition, car museum, a large adventure playground in the style of a wooden fort, remote control boats and go-karts.” How lovely!
Think I need to visit Hornsea Museum, which has over 2,000 pieces of pottery dating from 1949 to 2000. Check out their website at http://www.hornseamuseum.com/
Grandma and Grandad pushed the boat out with a hint of green amongst the brown and orange in their Hornsea Bronte ware.
Here's some Hornsea in the V&A, with a Portmeirion coffee pot lurking in the background...
And some other Hornsea things I like...
