Tile: Poor Richard’s, Fox and Hens (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Fox and Hens (TK).: Image: Worthpoint.com
Tile: Fox and Hens (TK).

Image: Worthpoint.com

Name/Title

Tile: Poor Richard’s, Fox and Hens (TK)

Description

A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac with illustrations of a fox on the ground and four hens above in the branches of a tree. The quote reads, “fie upon hens….quoth the fox when he could not reach them.” 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

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

“wert by hand”, lower left corner, and “from poor richard’s almanac”, lower margin.

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, Green, Black