This site is dedicated to Clarice’s life and works.
Clarice Cliff is, today, regarded as one of the most influential ceramics artists of the 20th Century.
Her work is collected, valued and admired the world over. She was born on January 20th 1899 in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent and started work at the age of 13 in ‘The Potteries’. Clarice moved to the AJ Wilkinson’s pottery factory in 1916. She was ambitious and her skills were recognised so that eventually she was given her own studio. It was here that she starting creating her own patterns and the famous ‘Bizarre’ wares were launched in 1927.
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In 1928 Clarice created a pattern of Crocus flowers made from individual brushstrokes, completely hand-painted in bright colours.
Orders came in thick and fast and in 1930 a separate decorating department was set up to meet demand. The vast majority of Clarice’s ‘Art Deco’ output was between 1927 and 1936. These years are commonly known, by collectors, as The ‘Bizarre’ years. After ‘Bizarre’ Clarice continued to produce many wares in her own unique style and to suit the current tastes of the nation and the various worldwide export markets.
The Clarice Cliff Collector’s Club
The time has come to say goodbye to membership of the Clarice Cliff Collectors Club. We are keeping this website and dedicating it to Clarice Cliff and her work as we have some great content on here. We have sadly had to remove the forum because it was very old and a recent server upgrade meant it couldn’t be saved. If you have any questions, please send us a message using the online form.
