Tile: Rooster T-1

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Rooster T-1.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Rooster T-1.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Rooster T-1

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting three roosters, two of which are superimposed with Wert’s interpretation of calico print patterns. A radiant sun and a trailing vine finish the composition. This c.1956 design is an update of the c.1955 Roosters T-1 tile and is a pair with the updated c.1956 Hens T-2. A matching apron and framed print were also produced; see images. This tile appears in the c.1956 brochure “Country Prints Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert”, with heart, 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

Brick Red, chartreuse, Teal, Black