15929996420001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74327170249433055115948523060001702494120499fitz-onlineadlib-object-74327https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7432718c1cc6b-1f32-3cac-ae7b-ef534360c92a4referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsEarthenware serving dish in the shape of a fish glazed in matt apricot and green, and painted with black enamel.Earthenware dish moulded in the shape of a fish, oval in plan with deep curved sides and rim. The interior is moulded with scales, a fin, and the mouth, eye and gill of the fish. Three spur marks on underside at top and bottom and on one tail fin. The whole piece is covered in a matt, apricot glaze, with pale green glaze lightly applied over on fins and tail and the pupil of the eye painted black.C.30-19961accession numberC.30-199674327priref74327urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74327https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74327on basea faint, greyish-black backstampSHORTER & SON LTD./STOKE-ON-TRENT,/ENGLAND.markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149645adlib-agent-14964510925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14dThe Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum199619961996givenEntry date: 1996-11-251935CE1935circa1935productionreferenceagent-161174adlib-agent-161174bfb2ba0c-2ce7-3be3-9889-33cf511fcd14Shorter & Son Ltd.probablydesignerreferenceagent-28046adlib-agent-28046e3cea5cf-bf62-3d62-abaf-05e08891f3d7Cliff, ClariceAnother ‘fish set’ was produced by A J Wilkinson in the 1920s/30s. Marked as designed by Clarice Cliff, items in this series have a cream ground and are decorated with a relief, polychrome fish.Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) joined the pottery industry at 13, as a paintress. She joined A J Wilkinson in 1916 as a lithographer, rising to become a modeller and shape designer. After local evening classes, she studied at the Royal College of Art. In 1929, A J Wilkinson introduced her colourful Art Deco ‘Bizarre’ series, which established her as a well-known designer. In 1940 she married Arthur Colley Shorter, the managing director, and through him became a major shareholder in the family group, founded in the 1870s, which comprised Wilkinson, Newport Pottery and Shorter & Son. Her younger sister Dolly Cliff also worked at Wilkinson’s, supervising a team of specialist decorators, and some of her designs were later issued under Clarice’s name.‘Fish ware’, one of Shorter & Son’s most popular designs, was first introduced in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The Fitzwilliam holds a serving bowl and cover, a sauce boat and stand, a serving dish/plate and six small dishes/plates in this series. A similar version is illustrated in ‘The Quiver’, December 1936; it is attributed to Clarice Cliff, and described as ‘in a delicious matt cream glaze in pottery [with] only softly subdued turquoise fins as colour accent'. In the 1950s a high glaze version was produced, in various colourways.referenceterm-107318adlib-term-107318d27559f3-e90c-35cd-b7e4-46eaeb9ac52120th Centuryreferenceterm-107749adlib-term-107749e089b122-3c61-3b88-a645-624a4a54e2671930sreferenceterm-110455adlib-term-1104555e7df88f-a1c2-39c8-a341-807aa544c9d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionStoke-on-Trentreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm4.7Lengthcm37.3Widthcm28.3referencemedia-42245adlib-media-42245e787ea5f-1bd5-3f5f-b240-97f3f0994d31jpegaa/aa6/C_30_1996.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162833390241imagejpegaa/aa6/mid_C_30_1996.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162833390241imagejpegaa/aa6/C_30_1996.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162833390241imagejpegaa/aa6/preview_C_30_1996.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162833390241image0media
imagereferenceterm-113671adlib-term-1136716bd5f181-92fd-33c0-827d-26f1ef4a7339serving dishserving platehistory notepurchased from N.J.Zolman, 19961referenceobject-74082adlib-object-74082ea0f8af5-ca34-3c92-a372-5f30623eaff11reference1term-133671adlib-term-133671f15cf456-ddda-3e03-8fc5-bf40555fd7bdserving dish and coverserving dish and cover1referenceobject-74211adlib-object-742114d2c2a01-9e78-37dc-b18d-113f160acbd81reference1term-90921adlib-term-90921743cd8b7-9f18-3c65-9283-a5a0c17e68c4sauce boatsauce boat1referenceobject-74410adlib-object-74410c9295534-bcc9-3cb5-8c85-a88f8a29c3b11reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-197253adlib-object-1972532ef32f50-23fc-397b-abbf-1a70c875e7071reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-197254adlib-object-197254c3b788d3-d284-319c-aea0-d3e093e246c21reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-197255adlib-object-197255bc7fa7c4-9977-3ae6-8821-9a2ecb6b62751reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-197256adlib-object-1972569844e99d-7ab7-3640-ac67-5d2617f267eb1reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-197257adlib-object-197257a15cd234-1f4c-3dfd-b2d6-4a5192fa1d391reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. fish set items in different colours and information about Cliff’s association with Shorter & Son, attribution of the ‘fish set’ to Cliff, and extract from 'The Quiver', 1936, fig.102. For the marks, see p. 117 G.43, 78, 122referencepublication-3560adlib-publication-3560acced503-d769-3e4a-ad6d-e59db6fe6225The Shorter Connection, A.J. Wilkinson, Clarice Cliff, Crown Devon, A Family Pottery 1874-1974Ref. re Clarice Cliff, with examples of her designs Figs.70-74.
For other documentation, see record for C.28 & A-1996.123-30referencepublication-2306adlib-publication-2306bd2c43e7-3e06-352f-9d45-078ae24994b7Potters and Paintresses: Women Designers in the Pottery Industry 1870-1955referenceterm-9020adlib-term-9020dd99d283-3cc6-3dd3-b6c2-448d7a05121dArt Decoanimalreferenceterm-106737adlib-term-1067373895059f-6d6f-37df-99e4-ff1b81f74086fishliteralfishfishreferenceterm-113671adlib-term-1136716bd5f181-92fd-33c0-827d-26f1ef4a7339serving dishserving dishEarthenware, moulded, covered with matt pale apricot glaze overall, and painted with green glaze on the fins, and with black enamel on the eye.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)'Fish set' serving dishobject
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