Bizarre
Bowl
1934 (made)
1934 (made)
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Shallow circular soup bowl of earthenware, with steep sides and two thick handles, pierced by a small circular hole, and the inside centre and outside 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 outside decoration is further enriched with green brush strokes between the main decoration, and all is painted over a white glazed ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bizarre (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, glazed, pierced and painted |
| Brief description | 'Bizarre' shallow circular soup bowl of earthenware, with two thick handles, pierced by a small circular hole, and decorated 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 | Shallow circular soup bowl of earthenware, with steep sides and two thick handles, pierced by a small circular hole, and the inside centre and outside 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 outside decoration is further enriched with green brush strokes between the main decoration, and all is painted over a white glazed ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DESIGNED BY / Paul Nash [signature] / PRODUCED / Bizarre / by / Clarice Cliff / WILKINSON LTD / ENGLAND / COPYRIGHT RESERVED / FIRST EDITION' and with the date (Printed in black) |
| Object history | Part of a pair of soup bowls CIRC.433, 434-1975. |
| 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.433-1975 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2008 |
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