They called her "the sunshine girl" and the colorful hand-painted pottery she designed was hailed as "Happy China." Today Clarice Cliff needs no introduction to collectors of Art Deco ceramics, and media attention has made her name once more a household word. One of the outstanding women designers of her era, she was internationally famous during her own lifetime and lived to see her pottery beginning to be eagerly collected in the early Seventies. Her prolific range of patterns and shapes and her fairy-tale story have made her into a pottery legend, and her facsimile signature now guarantees a good price - sometime a sensationally high price - when it turns up at a London auction or on the Antiques Roadshow.The Clarice Cliff Colour Price Guide was written by on the world's foremost collectors of Clarice Cliff, Howard and Pat Watson. This handy paperback is excellent for identifying and dating Clarice Cliff. In addition to a color gallery which illustrates hundreds of items and sets, the volume includes important information on backstamps, shapes, and pattern names both old and new. Although the prices are now dated, the guide is very easy to use and is a quick reference to identifying extra-valuable pieces. Reproductions, derivatives and fakes are also discussed as well as newly popular patterns.
Price: $13.50
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