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'The Circus': an extensive dinner service, designed for Clarice Cliff by Dame Laura Knight, circa 1934
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- 'The Circus': an extensive dinner service, designed for Clarice Cliff by Dame Laura Knight
- puce printed mark, 'DESIGNED BY Laura Knight A.R.A., PRODUCED IN Bizarre by Clarice Cliff, WILKINSON LTD, ENGLAND, COPYRIGHT RESERVED, FIRST EDITION.'
each piece decorated with circus motifs within a border printed with crowd scenes and swags comprising: two vegetable tureens and covers with clown knops, four oval serving dishes in sizes, two sauce tureens, covers and stands, two sauce boats, nine side plates, ten dessert plates and twelve dinner plates
Catalogue Note
Although small groups and individual pieces appear at auction on a fairly regular basis, it is unusual to find such a complete set. For further details, please see the `In Focus' section at the beginning of the catalogue.