£95
Ernest Proctor - Clarice Cliff - A pair of large Athens shape tea cups and saucers circa 1934, hand painted in silver lustre over a green glazed ground with stylised figures to a landscape with a wave line, printed signature, damages.
NB - This was designed by Ernest Proctor for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. Marked 'First Edition'.
In 1934 Foley China and Clarice Cliff were asked to produce a range of table wares for the exhibitions and notable artists of the day such as Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Gordon Forsyth and Ben Nicholson were invited to submit designs. Due to poor marketing, the public were largely unaware of the designs and after an initial twelve sets were commissioned of each, further production was halted.
Both cups and both saucers have suffered chips to the rims and there is some wear to the silver lustre decoration.
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