24 Piece Dinner Service
DesignerDesigned by
Clarice Cliff
(Tunstall, England, 1899 - 1972)
ManufacturerManufactured by
A J Wilkinson Ltd.
(Burslem, England, 1894 - 1964)
Date1933
Object NameService
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsMedium plate: 22.5 x 19.5
Sauceboat: 7 x 17.5
Tureen: 16 x 20.3
Sauceboat: 7 x 17.5
Tureen: 16 x 20.3
AcquisitionPurchased in 1987.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 12
Object numberABDMS014084
Keywords
After 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.
More About Me
This half-moon shape tureen with a rectangular cover is in the Art Deco style. Clarice Cliff designed ceramics for A. J. Wilkinson Ltd. based in Burslem, England.
Exhibitions
Margaret Stuart Simpson
1950 - 1960
S R Stewart & Co
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Angus Menmuir Neil
Barbara Rae
