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Bizarre Clarice Cliff Tea Set Signed, beautiful hand painted Hooneyglaze Pattern, Wilkinson Ltd, Eng

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Bizarre Clarice Cliff Tea Set Signed, beautiful hand painted Hooneyglaze Pattern, Wilkinson Ltd, Eng
Bizarre Clarice Cliff Tea Set Signed, beautiful hand painted Hooneyglaze Pattern, Wilkinson Ltd, England, includes: teapot, four cups, four saucers, four demi-cups, four demi-saucers, and sugar. In overall excellent condition, one small hairline crack toSigned, beautiful hand painted Hooneyglaze Pattern, Wilkinson Ltd, England, includes: teapot, four cups, four saucers, four demi-cups, four demi-saucers, and sugar. In overall excellent condition, one small hairline crack to demi andone small hairline crack to demi saucer. A very rare find. Eighteen pieces in all . Bio information- Clarice herself was born at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and began an apprenticeship at the age of 16, for A.J.Wilkinson in their Burslem factory, having already received a basic training in pottery techniques. Clarice's early artistic endeavors had been encouraged by her aunt, who had been a potter herself. It was not until the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriales Modernes held in Paris in 1925, and a trip to France in 1927 by Clarice, that she began to produce her most striking designs. Her most famous work is probably her 'Bizarre' ware designed between 1928 and1936. During this time she designed hundreds of pieces, and it was these designs along with her amazing series of patterns which have created the Art Deco masterpieces which are so popular today. The patterns used abstract, geometric and figural