Tile: Good Coffee (TK), Blue

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Good Coffee (TK), in blue.: Images: blacklablady8, Etsy.com, 1/2021.
Tile: Good Coffee (TK), in blue.

Images: blacklablady8, Etsy.com, 1/2021.

Name/Title

Tile: Good Coffee (TK), Blue

Description

A three-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting a painted tin coffee pot and the expression, “When love and skill work together, expect good coffee.” This tile was produced in at least two colorways, blue and black; this example is in blue.

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 design is printed on the thinner tile body 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”, lower left, and “by hand”, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles/Ceramo Studio imprint.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Teal, Yellow, Red