Tile: Good Morning T-49

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Good Morning T-49.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Good Morning T-49

Description

A two-color silkscreen underglaze print on a round white tile blank depicting a calico-patterned rooster weathervane with a sunburst finial topping the shaft above its back. The words “GOOD MORNING” border the perimeter of the tile. This tile design appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, c.1960. However, this example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from c.1962 onward. A variant of this design with “Good Morning” removed was used as an insert in turned wood cheese and cracker servers. A matching set of placemats and napkins were also produced; 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.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert by hand”, left edge. Back: Country Prints/Ceramo Studio label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Diameter

6 in

Material

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

Color

Umber, Black