Tile: Roosters T-1

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Roosters T-1.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Roosters T-1.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Roosters T-1

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting three roosters superimposed with Wert’s interpretation of calico print patterns. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, and the c.1960 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”; see images. This c.1954 design was updated c.1956, but then reintroduced to the line c.1960. A matching placemat set and towel/wallhanging were also produced; see images. Roosters T-2 is a pair with Hens T-2 (TK); see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1954

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

Front: “r. wert”, with heart, lower left 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

Teal, chartreuse, Brick Red, Dark Blue