Name/Title
Tile: Candle Making (TK) T-63Description
A five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting an early American scene of a woman seated in a spindle-back chair making hand-dipped candles at a fireplace hearth. Scene features copper and brass tubs with iron handles, a cast iron trivet, a wrought iron andiron, and two spindle back chairs supporting a rod holding hardening candles.
This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New York, Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time 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, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “wert by hand”, in black, 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
Teal, Black, Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Umber
