Tile: Wrought Iron 515

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Wrought Iron 515.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Wrought Iron 515.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Wrought Iron 515

Description

A three-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting examples of wrought iron in silhouette against a brick patterned ground bordered with a rickrack style wavy line. First produced c.1954, this design appears in the c.1962 and c.1966 wholesale brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”; see images. A matching towel/wallhanging was also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

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, This example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert” with heart, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles/Ceramo Studio imprint.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork, Ink

Color

Red, Black, Umber