£850
Clarice Cliff 'Nautilus' prototype tea set for 2 on a mottled ochre ground, comprising teapot with cover, H.13cm; jug and sugar bowl; 2 teacups with saucers; and 1 tea plate, Dia.15.2cm, signed and impressed mark "7, 37" above a lozenged to the bases, c.1935, (exceedingly rare and very possibly unique in this colour. Provenance: the Vendor's Great Aunt Mary Walker was a sales representative for Clarice Cliff in the 1930s, thence by descent to the present vendor). (8)
Teapot - good, jug - tiny area where paint has been missed to top right of handle, tea plate - firing defects beneath rim, bowl - pin head area where paint has been missed and on one cup to right of handle, tiny lump to left of handle, 1 saucer beneath - 4 small firing defects, tiny marks in 1 part of glaze and glazing crack, other saucer - 4 firing faults and glaze cracks.
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