Tile: Kitchen Garden T-15

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Kitchen Garden T-15.: Collection of PKM. Images: PKM.
Tile: Kitchen Garden T-15.

Collection of PKM. Images: PKM.

Name/Title

Tile: Kitchen Garden T-15

Description

A three-screen/four color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a tea kettle, a glass demijohn, and a copper oil pitcher, each holding a different plant/herb. This design appears in the c.1954 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”. A matching placemat set 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 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, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze

Colors

Color

Brick Red, Olive, Black, Brown

Color Notes

Brown is produced by overprinting olive and brick red.