Tile: Wooden Ware 516

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Wooden Ware 516.: Image: Worthpoint.com; see web link.
Tile: Wooden Ware 516.

Image: Worthpoint.com; see web link.

Name/Title

Tile: Wooden Ware 516

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting articles of early American wooden ware. The composition is completed by red furling banners bearing the title “Early American Wooden Ware”. This tile appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1962 and c.1966, see images. A matching towel/wallhanging and apron were also produced; see images. These items were available singly and in matched gift sets.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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. This example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner and “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Red, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Beige

Web Links and URLs

Worthpoint listing of eBay sale, 4/12/2018