Tile: Hen T-2

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Hens (TK).: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Hens (TK).

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Hen T-2

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting four hens superimposed with Wert’s interpretation of calico print patterns. A trailing vine with heart shaped blossoms finishes the composition. This c.1956 design replaced the c.1955 Hens T-2 tile, and is a pair with the c.1956 Rooster T-1 tile; 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 Studio, NYC. This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“r. darr wert”, with heart, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Materials

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Cork

Material Notes

Oaktag label hanger has been removed.

Color

Brick Red, chartreuse, Teal, Black