Clarice Cliff thus she was never to return to creative work. The post-war ware has little value at auction. A.J.Wilkinson and their Newport Pottery continued to sell ware under Cliff's name until 1964. The death of Colley Shorter in 1963 led Cliff to sell the factory to Midwinter in 1964 and she retired, becoming somewhat of a recluse. However, from December 1971 to January 1972, the first exhibition of Clarice Cliff pottery took place at Brighton, East Sussex. Cliff reluctantly provided comments for the catalogue, though she refused an invitation to go to the opening. The exhibition was prompted by enthusiastic collectors,
Clarice Bean series of fictional books in which Clarice Bean and Betty Moody frequently find inspiration. They are about a young, American girl, who is an undercover secret agent. In "Clarice Bean Spells Trouble", Clarice Bean and Betty Moody also watch the "Ruby Redfort" television series, which was adapted from the books. In "Utterly Me, Clarice Bean", it is revealed that Hollywood are adapting it into a film. There are nine books in the series: The fictional author is Patricia F Maplin Stacey, whom Betty once meets in Russia (she gets a Ruby Redfort book signed). In another book, Clarice gets to be