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The life of ceramic artist Clarice Cliff has been celebrated ... in the 1920s and 30s, called "Bizarre-ware". From bright, bold colours to new shapes and patterns, her designs were seen as ...

This Art Deco ceramic ‘Bizarre Ware’ wall mask was designed in the 1930s by Esme M Bailey and decorated by Clarice Cliff. Bailey was the current owner’s mother and when she worked as an ...

It reads: 'Clarice Cliff 1899 ... old-fashioned 'seconds'. Cliff had the idea to paint them in bright geometric patterns to hid their defects. It was then that Bizarre was born.