Clarice Cliff sample in the 1930s) for a staggering £3000. In May 2009 an eighteen-inch charger in the "May Avenue" pattern sold for £20,500 at Fielding's auctioneers. On 2 August 2009 Will Farmer of the BBC "Antiques Roadshow" and members of the original Clarice Cliff Collectors Club unveiled three plaques commemorating Clarice Cliff's life and work in the Potteries. These were on her birthplace, Meir Street, Tunstall, her second home on Edwards Street, Tunstall and the site of Newport Pottery by the canal in Burslem where her Bizarre ware was decorated. These were filmed by BBC television for showing on a special
Clarice Cliff two. The "Appliqué Lugano" pattern is shown left on a wall plaque, with (inset) the printed "Bizarre" mark, and a "hand painted" range name as often seen on this ware. "Appliqué", with its more intense colouring, proved long term to be one of the most sought after Cliff ranges. The "Fantasque" range evolved between 1928 and 1934 and mainly featured abstracts or landscapes of cottages and trees, and some Art Deco inspired patterns. The first "Fantasque" landscape pattern was "Trees and House" and this sold well from 1930 until at least 1934. However, it was the slightly later, more sophisticated