Is Clarice Cliff valuable?

Is Clarice Cliff valuable?

Clarice Cliff is one of the most significant and noteworthy ceramic artists of the 20th century. Her work has helped to shape Art Deco ceramic design and influenced style and design around the world. In recent years Clarice Cliff pottery and ceramics has become even more popular and is coveted by collectors.

How many Clarice Cliff designs are there?

Clarice Cliff is best known for her innovative, colourful designs, many of which are often seen in our sales. The Art Deco movement had a major influence on her work and her commercial success. There are over 2,000 variations of Clarice Cliff pieces, so being able to spot a real one from a fake is crucial.

How can you tell a fake Clarice Cliff?

At Clarice Cliff, dry powder pigment was mixed with oils and ground down with a palette knife producing strong bold colours. Look at the strength of the colours such as orange. The real examples have an oily sheen – particularly the black. Fake colours are often very flat and pale.

What era is Clarice Cliff?

Art Deco
The Staffordshire born and bred designer Clarice Cliff made her name with the brightly coloured range of Art Deco pottery she designed in the 1920s.

What is Clarice Cliff famous for?

One of the UK’s most prolific and important ceramicists, Clarice Cliff is best known for her innovative, colour-rich designs, many of which are in our collections. The Art Deco movement had a major influence on her work and her commercial success.

Which pottery did Clarice Cliff work for?

Newport Pottery
The 1930s. In 1930, Cliff was appointed Art Director to Newport Pottery and A. J. Wilkinson, the two adjoining factories that produced her wares. Her work involved spending more time with Colley Shorter, and this gradually developed into an affair, conducted in secrecy.

Is Clarice Cliff Art Deco?

One of the UK’s most prolific and important ceramicists, Clarice Cliff is best known for her innovative, colour-rich designs, many of which are in our collections. The Art Deco movement had a major influence on her work and her commercial success. It became Cliff’s signature design.

When was Clarice Cliff at Newport Pottery?

The 1930s. In 1930, Cliff was appointed Art Director to Newport Pottery and A. J. Wilkinson, the two adjoining factories that produced her wares. Her work involved spending more time with Colley Shorter, and this gradually developed into an affair, conducted in secrecy.

Did Woolworths sell Clarice Cliff?

Cliff achieved the almost unheard-of distinction of getting her name on her work. In 1928 she set up her famous Bizarre brand, and her cruets, vases, tea sets, plates and, later, figurines were sold en masse from places like Woolworths.

What was Clarice Cliff famous for?

When did Clarice Cliff start to make patterns?

Between the 1920s and the early 1960s Clarice Cliff designed and produced many hundreds of shapes covered in many hundreds of her now World-famous patterns.

How much money has Clarice Cliff pottery sold for?

As you probably know from articles in antiques publications, pottery by Clarice Cliff has brought record prices. In auctions, teapots have sold for over $3,000; plates, up to $3,300; vases and jugs, $975 to $1,800. Cliff figurines have sold for over $6,000; vases have brought over $10,000.

When did Clarice Cliff start using the name Bizarre?

The “Bizarre” moniker, however, stuck around into the subsequent decade, appearing on popular lines such as “Bonjour,”“Melon,” and “Blue Lugano” in the early years of the 1930s and with its backstamp appearing on wares until 1936. The original Clarice Cliff ‘Bizarre’ backstamp, circa 1928. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

When did Clarice Cliff start using Biarritz shape range?

No.784849. This was used from 1933 onwards. The Biarritz shape range was instantly registered to stop copyists ~ it clearly worked as none of Clarice’s competitors produced oblong and square plates!