Tile: Bottles T-10

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Bottles T-10: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Bottles T-10

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Bottles T-10

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting seven mouth-blown and mold-blown early glass bottles. Six point stars punctuate the composition. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, the c.1956 brochure “Country Prints Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”, and the c.1960 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

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 and firing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert”, in script, lower right corner. Back: Coutnry Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

6 in

Depth

3/8 in

Material

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

Color

Khaki Green, Green, Blue, Navy