Biarritz shape plate
DesignerDesigned by
Clarice Cliff
(Tunstall, England, 1899 - 1972)
ManufacturerManufactured by
A J Wilkinson Ltd.
(Burslem, England, 1894 - 1964)
CollectorCollected by
Betty Clunas
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1929 - 2012)
Date1933
Object NamePlate
Mediumglazed earthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
Dimensions27 × 40.5cm
AcquisitionBetty Clunas Gift, 2013.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 12
Object numberABDAG011460
About MeKnown for her fantastic and often outrageous designs, Clarice Cliff has become synonymous with the Art Deco style. On leaving school she was apprenticed in a local pottery and learned to paint free-hand. In 1916, she moved to A. J. Wilkinson’s factory in Burslem where she was promoted to the design studio. The Bizarre range, which was to make her name, was first launched in 1928. This plate from the Bizarre range is decorated with the Coral Firs pattern.
Aberdeen born, Betty Clunas (1929-2012) is thought to have bought the plate from the Rendezvous Gallery in the city. She lived near the Gallery from the 1980s onwards and often purchased items there. She brought this plate home in triumph having paid £100 for it.
Betty Clunas served as the Chair of the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. She had a fondness for design between 1890 and 1940, and especially liked collecting objects synonymous with the Art Deco period.
More About Me
This rectangular plate is from the Biarritz range which is characteristic of Cliff's unusual, but impractical, shapes.
Exhibitions
Possibly 1820s - 1830s
