Hornsea Love Mugs
Ken was known to have designed
the Hornsea Love Mugs, a set of 12, each featuring a month
of the year.
The design is different to his normal style, but this may
been a criteria to emulate John Clappison's style. The
design probably dates to 1975, but the mugs were definitely
marketed from 1976 to 1981.
Note: Thanks to Jim Bishop,
we now know there are two different handle styles: a round and a rectangular one (see right).
Sold as 'Love Mugs' in the UK, they were also distributed
in the USA by Kosta Boda under the name 'Young Lovers Mugs'.
With thanks to Pauline Coyle (author of Gone
to Pot, The Life and Work of John Clappison) and visit
Pauline's site, Hornsea
Pottery for more details of this excellent book. Other
source:
Hornsea Pottery 1949-89 by Brian
Heckford
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