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Bizarre

Plate
1934 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular side plate of earthenware, with a sloping rim and a depressed circular centre, and the rim and centre is decorated with hand painted bands in two shades of green, and these bands are slightly curved around a further band of pink, and on the concave edge of each band is a brown trefoil shape, and the rim is further decorated with grey brush strokes between the main decoration, and all is painted over a white glazed ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBizarre (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed and painted
Brief description
'Bizarre' circular side plate of earthenware, with a sloping rim and a depressed circular centre, and decoration painted over a white glazed ground, designed by Paul Nash, made by Arthur J. Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. under the direction of Clarice Cliff, Burslem, 1934.
Physical description
Circular side plate of earthenware, with a sloping rim and a depressed circular centre, and the rim and centre is decorated with hand painted bands in two shades of green, and these bands are slightly curved around a further band of pink, and on the concave edge of each band is a brown trefoil shape, and the rim is further decorated with grey brush strokes between the main decoration, and all is painted over a white glazed ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DESIGNED BY / Paul Nash [signature] / PRODUCED / Bizarre / by / Clarice Cliff / WILKINSON LTD / ENGLAND / COPYRIGHT RESERVED / FIRST EDITION' (Printed in black)
  • 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Printed in green)
  • '9 / 34' / a diamond [enclosed with a bracket '(' on the right] (Impressed)
Object history
Part of a pair of side plates CIRC.431, 432-1975.
Production
Made under the direction of Clarice Cliff
Bibliographic reference
Lambert, Susan. Paul Nash as Designer. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1975.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.432-1975

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2008
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