Tile: Ox Cart (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Ox Cart (TK) tile.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Ox Cart (TK) tile.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Ox Cart (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a farm scene with an ox cart laden with hay led by a farmer. A young girl with a pitchfork rides atop the hay. This tile design is based on a print titled Ox Cart 57-1; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert by hand” lower right 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

Red, Brown, Green, Black