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  1. Wendlekins

    Wendlekins Well-Known Member

    Found two lovely pieces in a Scottish charity shop today designed by Clarice Cliff and George Logan respectively, I haven’t been able to find the Clarice Cliff design anywhere on my internet browsing
     

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    - I googled: "clarice cliff" "newport pottery co" "mcinnes"

    - Google AI answers: The most direct historical and creative connection involves the 2021 biographical film The Colour Room, which tells the story of Clarice Cliff’s rise from a working-class factory girl to an art director at A.J. Wilkinson’s Newport Pottery. The original story and screenplay for the movie were written by Craig McInnes.

    - I google: The Colour Room" Screenplay (Craig McInnes)

    - Google AI answers: To clarify a common point of confusion, Craig McInnes is not the screenwriter of the film The Colour Room.

    :banghead::banghead::banghead:
     
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    I combined both your photographs into one and did an image search

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    It came back as Chestnut

    Don't know if that is true but its the nearest I could find, but I can't find similar.

    This item is an authentic vintage Clarice Cliff "Chestnut" pattern plate, manufactured by the Newport Pottery Co. in Staffordshire, England, dating from the late 1930s (circa 1937).

    ️ Design Overview
    • Pattern: "Chestnut" (frequently referred to by collectors as Chestnut Leaves). It features prominent, relief-molded (embossed) overlapping autumn leaves finished in rich brown and green tones, with a stylized woody stem forming a decorative border accent.
    • Style: Late Art Deco / Naturalistic range. During the mid-to-late 1930s, Clarice Cliff moved toward more textured, relief-molded dinnerware designs (like Celtic Harvest, My Garden, and Chestnut) following her hyper-geometric Bizarre phase.
    • Body/Glaze: Thick earthenware body with a matte, pale pinkish-cream slip ground.
     
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    Marote Well-Known Member

    That chestnut was also the nearest I could find. But I can't find any plates with that pattern.
    I wonder if McInnes did find one ... and repainted it...
     
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  6. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    You can find more items by searching Newport Pottery Chestnut--no plates, though.
     
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