Exciting day for Mrs TTS today. She had spinal surgery 2/52 ago and has, justifiably, been feeling somewhat sorry for herself so I wanted to get her something that would cheer her up.
So...after much searching I finally found a piece of Clarice Cliff pottery that I knew she would like but it took longer than I'd hoped to acquire said piece. Anyway, it arrived today and she hasn't stopped smiling since!
I don't know how well-known Clarice Cliff is over the water but she was a potter who, in the late 1920s, proved so sought after that she was set up in her own factory with a group of women ceramists. Quite something for the time. She created her Bizarre range - art deco influenced - which has become very collectable.
Strange how a bit of decorated, fired clay can, 100 years on, give so much pleasure.