Clarice Cliff - Frank Brangwyn - A limited edition 'Brangwyn' wall charger, circa 1935, painted with a processional scene with figures in a howdah riding elephants with figures and animals in attendance to an exotic tropical setting, diameter 43cm, painted signature 'Frank Brangwyn' to reverse and the wording 'The Brangwyn panels designed for the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords 1925, first exhibited at Olympia 1933, painted by Clarice Cliff from one of the panels, A.Wilkinson Ltd, Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, No. 12'. NB - This lot and the following lot were made by Clarice Cliff in 1934-39 and depict life in Imperial India. The plaques are hand-enamelled with scenes from 'The British Empire Panels' designed by Frank Brangwyn. The Brangwyn panels were commissioned by Lord Iveagh for the House of Lords to commemorate deceased peers, though the designs were rejected by the House of Lords as too frivolously decorative. The panels are now on display at Swansea Civic Centre. Clarice Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn's panels for these limited edition wall plaques.

Condition report
The plaque is all in good order and free from damage or restoration. The reverse has a Latona style glaze which has fine and even crazing across the whole. There is old sellotape residue to the back which we have left but no damage and no restoration.

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