1930s Royal Staffordshire Aj Wilkinson Newport Stafford Square Service for 10 Dinnerware - 70 Piece Set

Description

STUNNING and well cared for Imari style / art deco set from the potteries of Clarice Cliff's Bizarre Ware
We … more STUNNING and well cared for Imari style / art deco set from the potteries of Clarice Cliff's Bizarre Ware
We believe the brown color is transfer ware, and all other colors are hand painted
We found 10 chips total. One is a graze rim chip, with the remainder of them on the undersides. Some of them are glazed over which we assume are manufacturing flaws
Very little obvious color / gold gilt loss
Four pieces were found with spot crazing
No cracks nor staining
Light utensil marks, most of which cannot be seen unless held tilted in the light
There are two different backstamps (see below for more info on why). The only discernible difference between in comparing the two backstamps is on the saucers (picture 10). They are about 1/8" different in size, the indents on the face are not the same size, and the undersides are distinctly different.

About the potteries and Clarice Cliff:
Both the A. J. Wilkinson Ltd, Newport Pottery and Shorter & Son Ltd., (Burslem England) factories were owned by the Shorter family. This is why there are two different backstamps.

Working for the Shorter family decorating traditional white ware, Cliff created Bizarre Ware in the 1920s. In 1930 she was made Art Director, and worked until retirement in the 1960s. Thus, one can presume it was under Cliff's art direction that the Stafford pattern was produced.

Check out our other serving pieces in individual listings for this pattern

Included in this set is 10 each of
Dinner plates: 9-3/4" square
Salad plates: 8" square
Bread plates: 6" square
Soup bowls: 7-1/2" square, 1-3/8" tall
Fruit bowls: 4-3/4" square, 1" tall
Cups: 3-3/8" diameter at rim, 2-5/8" tall
Saucers: 5-3/4"-ish diameter less