Tile: Transferware, Flowers (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Transferware, Flowers (TK).

Images: KTeYa, eBay.com

Name/Title

Tile: Transferware, Flowers (TK)

Description

A transfer print on a glazed white tile blank depicting a bouquet of summer flowers most likely appropriated from a Victorian floral print. This design veers away from Wert’s typical Americana themes and may be a response to the rising interest in Victoriana in the 1960’s.

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Preparation of transfers, firing and finishing performed at Ceramo Studio, New York. This design is on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: unsigned. Back: Country Print Tiles/Ceramo Studio imprint.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Transfer Print, Cork, Ink

Color

Green, Blue, Violet, Red, Brown, Black