Clarice Cliff Bizarre ware platter leads our five lots to watchClarice Cliff Bizarre Ware Platter CHICAGO – The commercial interest in Clarice Cliff’s Bizarre Ware was such that it was exported to North America, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Holland, Australia, and New Zealand. Some of the earliest wares from the range, launched by Newport Pottery in October 1927, were designs such as this platter decorated with […]
Ceramics Collector: Clarice Cliff blooms in summer sale at SkinnerBOSTON – Perfect for summer, colorful art pottery designed by Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) is covered with blooming flowers and ripening fruit. Although the English artist of the Art Deco period also created spare geometric motifs, the majority of her patterns feature glimpses of the natural world. Produced in the late 1920s and 1930s, Cliff’s patterns […]
Little-known rarities in March 18 Clarice Cliff ceramics auctionLONDON – The finest single-owner collection of Clarice Cliff pottery ever to come to the market will be offered in a March 18 sale at Bonhams’ New Bond Street gallery in London. The 100-piece collection amassed by oilman Sevi Guatelli includes many rare patterns and shapes designed by the woman often described as Britain’s most […]
Major Clarice Cliff pottery collection heisted in UKBATLEY, ENGLAND – Police in West Yorkshire, England are investigating a major theft of Clarice Cliff Art Deco pottery from an upscale retail establishment in the town of Batley. According to Detective Constable Sophie Lawrence of Dewsbury CID, the apparently premeditated theft of approximately 55 articles – mostly Clarice Cliff pottery, with the addition of […]