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Lotus Jug

DesignerDesigned by Clarice Cliff (Tunstall, England, 1899 - 1972)

ManufacturerManufactured by A J Wilkinson Ltd. (Burslem, England, 1894 - 1964)

Date1930s

Object NameJug

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall: Height: 30 cm
Max: Width: 19 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1987.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 12

Object numberABDMS014083

Keywords

Decorative

About MeAfter a brief period at other Staffordshire potteries, Clarice Cliff started her creative career as a paintress at the A.J. Wilkinson factory in Stoke-on-Trent in 1919. She attended classes at local art schools and, later, briefly studied at the Royal College of Art. Encouraged by the company management, she began to try out new, colourful designs on poor quality wares at Wilkinsons' Newport Pottery. These wares were outrageously modern, designed to be easily decorated by her team of paintresses. By 1929 she had her own range of modern shapes, many bearing the 'Bizarre' tradename. Although still designing for Wilkinsons in the 1950s and 1960s, Cliff had passed the height of her creativity and later produced more traditional designs for the company.
These large Lotus jugs were produced in many patterns, the ribbed body imitating the style of studio pottery.
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Through her successful ceramics, Clarice made herself one of the few British career women of the 1930s.

Exhibitions

Gallery 12 - Art Deco