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Marlene

Cliff, Clarice (Factory)

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

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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