Name/Title
Tile: Poor Richard’s, Yesterday’s Bread (TK)Description
A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a glazed white tile blank highlighting a maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac, “GIVE ME YESTERDAYS BREAD, THIS DAYS MEAT AND LAST YEARS CIDER”. The maxim is reinforced by illustrations of breads, meat and a wooden cider cask with a spigot.
This tile design was first produced in the late 1950’s. However, this example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward. This example also has the Wert and Country Prints names removed and was likely produced by Ceramo in the 1970’s, following Wert’s death in January 1966.
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 WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1970Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
Design, screen production, and mixing of colored overglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of overglaze colors, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.
This example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “poor richard’s almanac”, lower left corner.
Back: Ceramo Studio imprint.Dimensions
Height
1/4 inWidth
6 inLength
6 inWeight
5 ozMaterial
White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork, InkColor
Yellow, Brick Red, Brown, Black
