Name/Title
Tile, Spoon Rack: Friendly Kitchen (TK)Description
A spoon rack with a framed four-screen/seven-color tile triptych depicting items from an early American kitchen. Frame is natural birchwood with a clear satin finish, and an attached pegged spoon rack rabbeted to the back of the frame. Tile frames were offered in a choice of natural birchwood or black.
This frame with recessed tiles is the earliest style of tile frame offered by Country Prints, c.1955.
This spoon rack appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1954Notes
Date based on appearance in c.1954 Country Print Tiles brochure. Tiles produced by Ceramo Studio, NYC, for Country Prints. Framed produced by a local manufacturer near Gill, MA. Framing and finishing by Country Prints.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” with heart, lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Frame, without spoon rackHeight
5-3/4 inWidth
14-1/4 inDepth
1-1/4 inDimension Description
Spoon rack, approximateHeight
2 inWidth
14-1/4 inDepth
1-1/4 inDimension Description
TilesHeight
4-1/4 inWidth
4-1/4 inDepth
1/4 inMaterial
Ceramic, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Birchwood, Clear Finish Coat, Cardboard, InkColors
Color
Green, Brick Red, Light Green, Black, Copper, Dark Green, Dark BrownColor Notes
Copper is produced by overprinting brick red and light green; dark green by overprinting green, light green and brick red; dark brown by overprinting green and brick red.
