£80 - £120
Clarice Cliff & Gordon Forsyth - Unknown - A collection of Art in Industry Biarritz shape desert pates circa 1934, all hand painted with variations of stylised leaves and flowers in pink and purple over a blue glazed ground and simple dash line borders, artists signature and Bizarre mark, together with a similar period cake stand plate, lacking stand, width of largest 20cm. (5)
NB - This was designed by Gordon Forsyth for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. 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, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth 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.
The cake plate is missing its stand, one plate is as found, others all in good order.
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