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A. J. Wilkinson Ltd Royal Staffordshire Potteries (Royal Staffordshire Potteries)
Cliff, Clarice (1899 - 1972
Apprenticed aged 13 to local potteries, before joining A J Wilkinson Royal Staffordhsire Potteries in 1916; trained in all aspects of pottery including design and modelling; under the tutelage of factory owner Colley Shorter, attended Sculpture course at Royal College of Art; went on to become Art Director of A J Wilkinson at age 31; devised Bizarre and Fantasque ranges, inspired by Cubism.)
Plate, white earthenware, circular, slightly inset base with two shallow raised concentric rings, curved sides, lobed rim (18 shallow somewhat irregular lobes); decorated in green enamel with a design of five large leaves round the rim, a stylised flowerhead in the centre and dashes in the space between these.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36205
Creation/Production
A. J. Wilkinson Ltd Royal Staffordshire Potteries
Cliff, Clarice
Proctor, Ernest
Acquisition
Gift, 2/4/2002
Given by Jonathan Gray
Measurements
diam
(cm): 22.5
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(in): 8
Height
(in): 1
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
Location
Gallery 22A, North : Bay 06
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