Pottery Ladies. Miss Cooper, Miss Cliff, Miss Rhead and all the forgotten girls...... (Clarice Cliff) - ACE155.4

Paintress talking about demonstrating in a shop window in Hastings, wearing artists’ smocks, etc. VO continues over photograph of this group. Paintress describes this demonstration. Davies on the paintresses contributions to the designs. Different patterns of plates in the "Biarritz" range. Womens’ VOs. Barrow talking about producing their own patterns, though it was Cliff’s name that went on them. Davies explains how Cliff commissioned her to sketch every kind of pottery worker for an exhibition display; she organised life-sized replicas of them but learned that they were shown with Cliff’s name on them. She says that the Art Director was always the person who was named. Cooper says that Shorter realised the potential of using one name on his ware, copying the idea from the Gray’s Pottery trademark, with Cooper named as designer. Fantasque/Bizarre trademark. Cooper painting leaf pattern on cup. Paintress says that Cooper did all the designing at the pottery she worked at. Cooper talking about different substances used during painting. Barrow painting conical sifter in "Delecia" effect, with turpentine used to make the paints run. Examples of patterns in "Delecia". Painting the sifter. Further examples. Barrow painting the sifter; she describes the type of brushes used, points out that the ware was very wet, and that the smell of turpentine lingered. Two sifters, and a selection of other items ("Delecia Poppy"). Ethel Cliff talks of Clarice’s contribution to the success of Wilkinson’s pottery. Rita Martin on the family reaction to Clarice marrying Shorter. Ethel says they took it for granted that this marriage would happen. "Clarice Shorter" incised on glass. Ethel says she doesn’t believe that any of the family, apart from herself, ever met Shorter. The Shorter house. Martin talking about Shorter. VO continues over photographs of Shorter. Barrow says it was Shorter who "made Clarice’s name". Cooper acknowledges that she was aware of Cliff as "a competitor". Credits.