History of Yare Pottery

<div class="col-xs-12">The company responsible for Yare Dragons (known also as good luck dragons)was Yare Designs which started in Rampart Road in 1969, went on to Charles St Great Yarmouth, and finished at Upton in 1997 when Sue Turner retired. Since everything was hand made they would be prohibitively expensive to produce now. With earthenware nothing can be painted which persists in great detail, as the glaze flows unpredictably in the kiln. It is not integral with the piece, as stoneware would be, but an extra external layer of glaze - and means that every piece is in some way unique. During that time we had a holiday home in Hopton-on-Sea just down the coast, and I picked up a large dragon to add to a collection of dragons from other companies. My own one was packed away in with a number of others in a plastic box and put into storage, but after a couple of relocations, that particular box has gone missing. I&#39;m looking at the prices these are fetching today and that just adds to the irritation on the loss of many of my &#39;retirement items&#39;. I have a couple of smaller dragons on order and did bid on a larger one but gave up as it rose through &pound;200. As I don&#39;t have access to any pictures of the original dragon, I&#39;ll make sure I add some here when they arrive.</div>

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