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Marlene

Cliff, Clarice (Factory)
Marlene
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Green Mask/ Wall Pocket, earthenware; womans face; the green glazed face of the woman is wearing brown eyeshadow and red lipstick, alongside a garland of red flowers in her hair.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39558

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Nyman, Henry
Association Type: Private collector
Place: Cardiff

Creation/Production

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.
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Period: 1931

Acquisition

Gift, 20/10/2014

Measurements

Height (cm): 7
Length (cm): 19
Width (cm): 14
Height (in): 3
Length (in): 7.4
Width (in): 5.4

Techniques

Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art

Material

Earthenware

Location

In store
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