Tile: Meadow Bouquets

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Meadow Bouquets.: Image: anonymous Pinterest post.
Tile: Meadow Bouquets.

Image: anonymous Pinterest post.

Name/Title

Tile: Meadow Bouquets

Description

A five-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a basket of picked wildflowers surrounded by a border of wildflowers and wild strawberries. Note misspelling of “bouquets”. A matching towel/wallhanging was 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 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward. 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

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

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Blue, Yellow, Pink, Dark Green, Black