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  1. 1899-1972. English pottery designer. Her
  2. Bizarre ware, characterized by brightly
  3. coloured floral and geometric decoration on
  4. often geometrically shaped china, became
  5. increasingly popular in the 1930s. Born in
  6. the Potteries, she started as a factory
  7. apprentice at the age of 13, trained at
  8. evening classes and worked for many years at
  9. the Wilkinson factory, where she married the
  10. managing director, Colley Shorter. In 1963
  11. Clarice Cliff became art director of the
  12. factory, which was part of the Royal
  13. Staffordshire Pottery in Burslem.
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