Tile: Liberty (TK)

Tile: Liberty (TK).: Image: Worthpoint.com
Tile: Liberty (TK).

Image: Worthpoint.com

Name/Title

Tile: Liberty (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a stylized American eagle perched on a wrought iron strap hinge above a banner emblazoned with the word, “LIBERTY”.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962. 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.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze

Color

Yellow, Blue, Black, Brick Red