Tile: Quilt Eagle (TK) T-78

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Quilt Eagle (TK) T-78.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Quilt Eagle (TK) T-78.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Quilt Eagle (TK) T-78

Description

A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank inspired by an early American applique quilt. At center an American eagle with a patriotic chest shield holds a furling banner in its beak. Below, another banner is emblazoned with a partial phrase from the Declaration of Independence, “Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness”. Below are thirteen red six-point stars representing the original thirteen states of the union. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower left corner. 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

Teal, Brick Red, Yellow Ochre