Name/Title
Tile: Cheese & Cracker Server, Weathervane (TK), BirchwoodDescription
A two-color silkscreen underglaze print on a round white tile blank set within a turned birchwood cheese server by Woodbury’s Woodware, Inc., of Shelburne VT.
The tile is a variant of Wert’s “Good Morning” tile with the text removed; see images.
A matching placemat set was also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York, Woodbury's Woodware, Inc., Burlington, VermontDate made
circa 1960Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Date determined from appearance of a matching placemat set in the c.1960 brochure “Mats Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”.
This tile is printed on the tile blanks used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studios before 1962.
Tile designed by Wert and produced by Ceramo Studio, NYC; hand-turned wood tray produced by Woodbury’s Woodware, Inc., of Burlington, VT.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “wert by hand” in brown, left side of tile face.Back: imprint “Woodbury’s Woodware, Hand Turned, Burlington VT”, with descriptive adhesive labelDimensions
Dimension Description
Wood ServerHeight
7/8 inDiameter
13-7/8 inDimension Description
Inset for tileDepth
1/4 inDiameter
6 inDimension Description
TileDepth
1/4 inDiameter
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Birchwood, Clear Finish CoatColors
Color
Black, BrownColor Notes
Underglaze colors on tile.
