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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