Description: Rare set of six Clarice Cliff-designed "The Biarritz" plates, England, c. early 1930's. Bold Art Deco modernist design. Signed "Bizarre by Clarice Cliff" and marked "The Biarritz, Royal Staffordshire, England".Two plates are more elongated rectangles: 7 1/2" x 11", and the remaining four are more square and measure 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". In very good vintage condition with some age lines. One of the square plates has a chip at the backside corner: Please see photos. Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) was one of the most important British ceramicists of the interwar period. Her work is instantly recognizable, a style that refused the streamline cool of art deco, and instead took its cue from the fractured planes of cubism and the mordant humor of surrealism. Her work was -- as she named it -- "bizarre". From a working class family, Cliff quickly rose through the ranks of pottery workers to become not only one of England's most sought after designers, but also one of it's most successful female entrepreneurs. Marked underglaze "The Biarritz Royal Staffordshire Great Britain Regd. No.784849" used from 1933 to the end of the decade to prevent copies. This mark remained as the consistent backstamp with a further backstamp added to identify the decorator. These examples are marked "Bizarre" indicating that it is Cliff's own decoration.
Price: 350 USD
Location: Wayland, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-10-28T11:28:26.000Z
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Origin: Staffordshire
Pattern: Biarritz Bizarre
Shape: Geometric
Color: Beige
Material: Ceramic
Set Includes: 6 Plates
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Clarice Cliff
Type: Dinner Plate
Style: Art Deco
Time Period Manufactured: 1930-1939
Production Style: Art Pottery
Backstamp: Painted
Production Technique: Pottery
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Handmade: No
Product Line: Biarritz Bizarre
