Tile: Copperware T-16

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Copperware T-16: Photo of cardboard sales sample. Image: Kate Albright, Backtothe60s, Etsy.com
Tile: Copperware T-16

Photo of cardboard sales sample. Image: Kate Albright, Backtothe60s, Etsy.com

Name/Title

Tile: Copperware T-16

Description

A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting five items of copperware set against a teal field speckled with black and white polka dots. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, see images. Note: image is of a cardboard tile sample. An example of this tile design has not been documented.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Tile design, silkscreen production and colored underglaze mixing performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Silkscreen printing, glazing, firing and finishing performed at Ceramo Studio, NYC. This tile is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower right corner of tile face.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork

Color

Copper, Teal, Black