Tile: Candle Making 565

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Candle Making 565.

Images: sdwway63, Ebay, Tecumseh ON CA, 2/2021, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Candle Making 565

Description

A five-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting a woman seated in a spindle-back chair making hand-dipped candles at a fireplace hearth. Scene features copper and brass tubs with iron handles, a cast iron trivet, a wrought iron andiron, and two spindle back chairs supporting a rod with hardening candles. A matching wallhanging was also produced; see images. These items were available singly and in gift sets. This tile design was originally produced in the late 1950’s. This c.1962 example has been recolored to match the Candle Making 265 wallhanging; see images. This tile appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963 and c.1966; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, screen production, and mixing of colored overglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of overglaze colors, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This example is printed on the thinner tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert by hand”, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles branding.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork, Ink

Color

Blue, Yellow Ochre, Pink, Brown, Black