Tile: Christmas, Angel T-20

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Angel T-20.: Gill Historical Commission collection. Image: Michael J. Dawson.
Tile: Angel T-20.

Gill Historical Commission collection. Image: Michael J. Dawson.

Name/Title

Tile: Christmas, Angel T-20

Description

A five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting the word “GLORIA” and an angel heralding Jesus’ birth while hovering above a flock of sheep, the Christmas star at upper right. 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

This tile is printed 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

“r.wert”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork

Color

Dark Teal, chartreuse, Brick Red, Light Gray, Black