HORNING’S MILLS POTTERY
Norma Hutchings (1921-2014) and her husband of over 70 years, Stan Hutchings (1915-2011) operated a pottery and art studio called the Horning’s Mills Pottery. This pottery operated for 28 years in a small village (Horning’s Mills) just north of Shelburne, Ontario.
I believe that this cup and saucer is signed by Stan. They used a gas kiln and a majority of their work is wheel thrown.
The Art Gallery of Burlington has a number of pieces in their permanent collection including a very large hanging pot.
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Phil O'Dell
I grew up in Shelburne from 1973 through High School and was privileged to know Norma and Stan who were friends of my parents. I recognize the Hutchings style and I have a number of their pieces from a Happy Horning (Norma made out of the “left overs” as a kind of signature inexpensive piece people could add to their purchases) to a tea pot to a unique – well afaik 2 only were ever made, they kept the other so no idea where it went – lamp that was a perfect collaboration of their skills and talents; Stan typically did a lot of the wheel work so the bulk of the round items where started by him. Norma was the free form creative soul and she came up with the Happy Horning, their scroll-like wall art and many of the adornments on the pottery. In the case of the lamp (its big, probably 14" diameter and 14-15" tall before the electrics go on top) the base was thrown by Stan and it is perfect in form, and then Norma went to work adding texture (if I recall literally throwing the clay at the slowly spinning lamp base) and colour to make a unique-to-every-piece 3D finish. It looks more like a 3D relief globe than anything but when you see it, if you know them, it is immediately a Hutchings. Thanks for brining back some fond memories of two great people. I hope you enjoy your piece.