10-piece coffee service, stamped "Crocus", England.
Ceramic. Stamped Crocus Hand painted Newport pottery England Bigarre by Clarice Cliff.
6 coffee cups with saucers, diameter 10 cm
1 cream jug, height 6.5 cm
1 sugar bowl with lid, height 8 cm
1 bowl, height 4.5 cm
1 coffee pot with lid, height 18.5 cm
Minor crazing. Wear due to age and use.
Clarice Cliff was a British ceramic artist (1899–1972) known especially for her colorful and bold Art Deco–style wares; she worked at A. J. Wilkinson Ltd., and her most famous line was Bizarre, which combined bright colors and geometric patterns, helping Cliff become one of the most well-known designers of the 1920s–30s, and today her work is valued as collectible art and an important part of design history.
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