Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

'Circus' a Clarice Cliff Bizarre tureen and cover designed by Dame Laura Knight, twin-handled form, the handles modelled in low relief with two female acrobats, the cover with a modelled clown finial, the rim a big top audience, printed and enamelled in colours and highlighted in gilt, printed factory mark, first edition, and facsimile signature,

29cm. wide

18cm. high, (2)

Provenance

Applied Arts, Sotheby's Olympia, 31st May 2007 lot 171

Literature

Fay Blanchard & Anthony Spira, Laura Knight - A Panoramic View, PWP, page 100-101 for a comparable example illustrated.