Name/Title
Tile: Apothecary (TK) T-62Description
A six-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting an apothecary shop interior, looking outward through a large bay window. The shop is outfitted with a table holding a scale and mortar and pestle, a counter with labeled drawers below, and numerous blown and molded glass vessels. Vines trail around the bay window and counter.
This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
This example is on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studios before 1962.
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.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand“, lower left corner.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inLength
6 inMaterial
Ceramic, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, CorkColors
Color
Teal, Yellow Ochre, Brick Red, Green, Black, BrownColor Notes
Additional colors produced by overprinting of two or more colors.
