Tile: Christmas, First Day of Christmas

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: First Day of Christmas.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: First Day of Christmas.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Christmas, First Day of Christmas

Description

A tile with a four-screen/five-color silkscreen print on a glazed white tile blank depicting a couple from the first day of the traditional Christmas carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. A matching wallhanging was also produced. These items were available singly or in matched gift sets; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This tile is printed on the thinner tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward. Design, screen production, and mixing of colored overglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of overglaze colors, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert by hand”, lower left corner. Back: Country Prints/Ceramo Studio imprint.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork, Ink

Colors

Color

Orange, Teal, chartreuse, Black, Dark Brown

Color Notes

Dark brown is produced by overprinting orange and teal.