Tile: Country Kitchen (TK) T-65

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Country Kitchen (TK) T-65.

Cropped from image below. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Country Kitchen (TK) T-65

Description

A tile with a silkscreen printed underglaze on a round white tile ceramic blank depicting items from an early American kitchen. A wood bench, painted tin coffee pot, footed cast iron pot, and cast iron trivet are illustrated. This tile appears in the c.1960 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, silkscreens, and underglaze colors produced by Country Prints. Printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze, firing, and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left.

Dimensions

Diameter

6 in

Material

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