Tile: Shaker Saying (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Shaker Saying (TK).: Image: Katie Ziesmer, katethegreatfinder, Etsy.com.
Tile: Shaker Saying (TK).

Image: Katie Ziesmer, katethegreatfinder, Etsy.com.

Name/Title

Tile: Shaker Saying (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a glazed white tile blank featuring a Shaker saying within a heart, “Put your hands to work and your heart to God and a blessing attend you.” An angel appears at the base of the heart flanked by fruiting trees topped with birds. Flowering vines border the composition.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, screen production, and mixing of colored overglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of overglaze colors, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This example is printed on the thinner tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors

Color

Yellow, Green, Orange, Brown