Name/Title
Tile: Boston, Park Street Church, Electro-Motive Division of General MotorsDescription
A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting the Park Street Church, One Park Street, Boston MA, and four of the candle-powered lighting fixtures from the church interior; see web link for Park Street Church hisotry.
This tile is one of a set of three commissioned by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors as favors for an annual convention at the Somerset Hotel in Boston on June 10, 1958. In theme with the company’s business, each tile features a historic Boston building and its corresponding lighting fixtures; see images.
This is the second of at least three commissions produced for Electro-Motive’s annual conventions. The other two known commission are placemat sets; see placemat sets below.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New York, Country PrintsDate made
1958Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
This example is on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 1962.
Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze and firing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “wert by hand”, lower right corner.
Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inDepth
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork, InkColor
Brick Red, Aqua, Brown, Black
