Tile: Jugs T-9

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Jugs T-10.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Jugs T-10.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Jugs T-9

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting six ceramic vessels bearing traditional slipware decorations. Six-pointed stars punctuate the composition. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, the c.1956 brochure “Country Prints Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”, and the c.1960 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images. A matching framed/mounted print and towel/wallhanging/runner were also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

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 example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert”, with red heart, lower center of tile face. 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

Brick Red, Light Gray, Brown, Navy