Tile: Herb Bouquet T-48

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Herb Bouquets.: Image: pikclick.com
Tile: Herb Bouquets.

Image: pikclick.com

Name/Title

Tile: Herb Bouquet T-48

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a glazed white tile blank depicting flowering herbs. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images. A matching placemat set was also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962. Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, glazing, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

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

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Cork

Color

Light Green, Dark Green, Blue, Pink