Clarice Cliff Celtic Harvest Centrepiece Bowl, marked, 1930s
£35.00
LOT NUMBER 34
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LOT NUMBER 34
Clarice Cliff Celtic Harvest Centrepiece Bowl, marked, 1930s
A ceramic bowl with a bulbous, squat body and three ball like feet, the body with moulded decoration of wheat sheaves and fruit in brightly coloured enamels on a beige raffia style background, the rim with a chrome metal band, the base with transfer marks ‘Celtic Harvest’, ‘Clarice Cliff’ ‘Newport Pottery Co’ ‘England’. Born in 1899, Clarice Cliff began with a varied career in apprentice roles in the North Staffordshire Potteries, at that time the major employers in the area of women. At the age of 17, she was working with the firm A.J.Wilkinson, owned by the Shorter family, and some of her designs began to appear in their pattern books soon after. In the late 1920s, she experimented with novel and bold designs termed ‘Bizarre Ware’ which met with unexpected success, much to the surprise of Wilkinson’s salesmen. A wide range of pieces in the style was then produced and named ‘Handpainted Bizarre’ by the managing director of Wilkinson’s, Colley Shorter. The ‘Crocus’ and ‘Conical’ ranges then followed and in 1930 Cliff was made Art Director of the firm, soon to be supervising a workforce of up to 1000 at the Newport Pottery. In 1940, she married Colley Shorter, after the death of his first wife, and her career came to an end, decorated pottery being prohibited during the second world war. Shorter died in 1963 and the following year Cliff sold the business to Midwinter Pottery. A recluse for many years, she died in 1972. The ’Celtic Harvest’ range was typical of her work and comprised a wide variety of serving pieces all decorated in the same style. This Centrepiece bowl was probably intended for fruit and like all the other examples is fitted with a chrome metal rim. Dating is most likely to the 1930s.
| Size: | Ht 12cm, Diam (max) 26cm |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Date: | 1930s |
| Condition: | Very good condition, a small amount of wear to the chrome metal rim. |
| Price: | £35 |
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