Tile: Poor Richard’s, No Law (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: No Law (TK).: Image: dabrownell, eBay.com
Tile: No Law (TK).

Image: dabrownell, eBay.com

Name/Title

Tile: Poor Richard’s, No Law (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting lady justice in a star covered dress holding a scale in one hand and a baker’s peel in the other, supporting the maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac, “When there is no law, there is no bread.” This is one of a series of at least fourteen tiles featuring maxims from Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“from poor richard’’s almanac”, lower margin. Unsigned by Wert.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

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

Color

Brown, Dark Blue, Yellow Ochre, Black