Clarice Cliff cubist patterns appeared on these shapes, such as the 1929 "Ravel" (seen on Cliff's Conical shape ware) which was an abstract leaf and flower pattern named after the composer. The image shows a Conical coffee pot, and sugar bowl and cream with four triangular feet, another of Cliff's rather Bizarre shape ideas which proved popular with 1930s customers. "Ravel" was to be produced between 1929 and at least as late as 1935. In 1928 Clarice produced a simple, hand painted pattern of "Crocus" flowers in orange, blue and purple, each flower being constructed with confident upward strokes. Then green leaves
Clarice Cliff colourway variation on this by simply changing the trees to shades of blue and pink, and this was then called "Rudyard" after a local Staffordshire beauty spot. Clarice Cliff's fame and success in the 1930s are hard to fully appreciate now, but at that time there was no such thing as 'career women'. The publicity she received in the national press was unprecedented. Research by a PhD student into the contemporary press between 1928 and 1936 found " '360 articles about Cliff and her work were published in the trade press, women's magazines, national and local newspapers'." This was put