Tile: Poor Richard’s, Good Wives (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Good Wives (TK).: Images: HammersHollow, Etsy.com
Tile: Good Wives (TK).

Images: HammersHollow, Etsy.com

Name/Title

Tile: Poor Richard’s, Good Wives (TK)

Description

A five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a man standing at a split rail fence overseeing his wife’s work in support of the maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac, “Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands”. 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

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

1956 - 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

Front: “wert by hand”, right margin, and “poor richard’s almanac”, lower left corner. Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

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

Color

Brown, Light Brown, Blue, Teal, Black