BIZARRE CLARICE CLIFF TEA SET "JOSEFINA" PATTERN 6074 Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Friday, October 10, 2008 Location Buenos Aires See more about 'BIZARRE CLARICE CLIFF TEA SET "JOSEFINA" PATTERN 6074' Description A BIZARRE CLARICE CLIFF TEA SET "JOSEFINA" PATTERN 6074 Rare tableware tea set of clarice cliff. Hand painted with josefina design. Pattern number 6074. Circa 1933. The set consist in teapot, milkmaid, sugar bowl, 8 cups with saucers and 8 plates. All them decorated and sealed.   This lovely piece would be a must to your collection                     Article publicated in THE AGORA:   This design, pattern number 6074, was entered into the factory pattern books in january or early february 1933. the estimated date is based on the entry date for a later pattern (6068 was entered into the pattern books on 10/2/1933). As designs are entered into the pattern book afther the first production run, JOSEFINA may have been designed in the closing months of 1932.  Josefina is hand painted on Honeyglaze using outlines. The design shows a large pink flower traced in amber. The flower is supported by fine stems that are enamelled in blue. Balancing the floral element is a series of nested semi circles whose center is on the edge of the ware. this group forms a single design element and forms two coloured bands has been enlivened by oblique blue lines.  Opposite the flower is a spray of two oak-like leaves. These have been enamelled in green and in brown with the veins traced in colours. When the pattern is applied to hollow ware, thease leaves from reverse of the pattern.  To address the expanse of plain glaze between the floral and geometric elements, fine hatched lines in blue have been added.  Rather than using wide coloured bands to frame the pattern, Claric Cliff has applied an interrupted fine blue edge line. This matches other elements in the design and keeps the pattern light in weight. Clarice Cliff often used interrupted lines or banding where there was need to highlight a design element located on or close to rim of the ware.  The flataware show in this article bear the impressed mark for march 1933.  Archival information shows that this pattern was intended was to be applied on a range of tablawere shapes. The above pattern book excerpt shows the pattern placement on beakers, biarritz / bonjour and Daffodil shapes. This would suggest that the production of this pattern was reasonably wide.  It will be noted that in the factory advertisement that pattern 6074 was decorated on daffodil shapes. This shows that the pattern was decorated on this shape range.  When viewed on this own, this pattern may look unusual, but when considered in context with archival information, Josefina appears to be part of a series of similar patterns.  It is clear that at the time that Josefina was released, Clarice Cliff was experimenting with novel designs that combined floral and geometric elements. In these patterns, Miss Cliff moved, to varying degrees, the design elements towads the edge of the ware. This kept th well of the flatware relatively undecorated. Thus protecting the design from knife damage and keeping the pattern in view when food was added to the plate. A well know design in this series is the earlier pattern St Cloud.  Thanks Greg Slater. http://www.theagora.com.au/articles/2007/Josefina.pdf  We reserve the right to relist the item if the payment is not received within 14 days of the end of the auction. I don't accept new users without feedback . Please to contact me before offering. Buyer pays all shipping costs. Shipping costs consult by mail. Insurance is available for all shippings (by Fedex). If buyer decides not to contract an insurance, he asumes all shipping risks. All items are sold "AS IS". All sales final.  ANY QUESTIONS OR NEEDS MORE DETAILS OR PICTURES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING Place a Bid!