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Rare combinations of shape and pattern attract high prices at auction. The world record price for a piece of Clarice Cliff is held by Christie's, South Kensington, London, who sold an 18-inch (460 mm) 'charger' (wall plaque) in the May Avenue pattern [33] for £39,500 in 2004.
The Badminton Cabinet is a monumental piece of 18th-century furniture that twice set the record for most expensive piece of furniture ever sold. [1] [2]The Badminton Cabinet, or Badminton Chest, was commissioned in 1726 by Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 19.
The shop bought the entire stock. Shorter and Cliff subsequently carried out marketing aimed at women, with celebrity endorsements to make the range fashionable. During the Great Depression, the factory survived because of sales of pottery carrying Cliff's designs. She embarked on an affair with Shorter, and eventually they married after his ...
The plaque will be unveiled in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday by arts and heritage minister Lord Parkinson.
Just like his iconic tramp persona, this piece of furniture has universal appeal and evokes nostalgia while still being endlessly entertaining. Peter Serocki // Shutterstock; House of Leon 4.
In 1985 Rhead, Clarice Cliff, and Susie Cooper were the subject of Pottery Ladies, a series of TV documentaries made for Channel 4 with the support of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Susie Cooper was the only one of the three who was still alive by this time, but one of the 25-minute programmes includes interviews with paintresses and ...
Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme au doigt was auctioned for $141.3 million at Christie's in May 2015, the highest price for any sculpture at auction. [1] Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I had previously achieved the highest price of any sculpture when it was auctioned by Sotheby's in February 2010. Selling for US$104.3 million, it ranks amongst the ...
Selling price: $43,750. According to Sports Illustrated, the New England Patriots in the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady era are one of the greatest — if not the greatest — dynasties in football history.