Name/Title
Tile: Pinks, Child with Deer (TK), Blue-Green ColorwayDescription
A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a young girl with three deer and a sculpted topiary shrub.
This is one of a set of four tiles, only three of which have been documented. This set was also produced as framed prints and unmounted Gift Greetings; see images.
In a c.1954 supplementary price list, the framed prints are described: “66-1 PINKS — Hens in trees, grazing cows, child with deer and milk-maid are the subjects of this group done in pink, mustard and blue green with bold pink borders in a simple rather contemporary black frame. Complete set of 4 $12.00.”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1955Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
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 example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.
On tile back, to the left of the tile manufacturer’s name, Wheeling, is the number 56, which indicates the year the tile blank was made.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: unsigned
Back: on tile blank, “56”, “WHEELING”, “2”, “REG”; affixed Country Prints Tiles label hanger.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inDepth
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear OverglazeColor
Pink, Black, Blue-Green, Yellow Ochre
