Bizarre ware bowl
Artist
Clarice Cliff
(English, 1899 - 1972)
CultureEnglish
Date1928
MediumPorcelaineous body, overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 8 × 19 cm (3 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
MarkingsOn the bottom, hand-stamped printed mark in gold: “HAND PAINTED/ [in script] Biz arre/ by/ Clarice Cliff/ [return to regular print] NEWPORT POTTERY/ ENGLAND”
DescriptionHemi-spherical bowl, probably the “Havre” shape. Hand-painted with wide brush strokes in overglaze enamel colours of tomato red, mustard yellow, pale pea green and medium blue. The bottom of the interior is yellow with a band of blue above, both edged in pea green and red below the rim. The rim and upper band around the outside is blue with a band of squares with oval “eyes” painted in all of the colours below it. The lower 1/3 of the exterior is red. The colours are quite strong.
Credit LineGift of Ina and Moshe Dobner
Object numberG12.2.1
Classifications
Modern and Contemporary CeramicsSub-classification
EnglishStatus
Not on view
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