Name/Title
Tile: Herb Gardens T-23Description
A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting an espaliered tree and stylized herb plants, with an apple heart in outline at top center.
The text reads, “be sure to keep your garden clean, let no one take your thyme”, from the folk song, “A Sprig of Thyme”, sung by Jean Ritchie, an early folk music revivalist and Fulbright scholar; see web links.
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.
A possible matching placemat set and table runner were also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New York, Country PrintsDate made
circa 1954Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
This design is printed on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 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. darr wert” lower left corner.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inLength
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear OverglazeColor
Dark Green, Green, Red
