Tile: Toys, Dolls (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Toys (TK).: Image: Thomas Testa
Tile: Toys (TK).

Image: Thomas Testa

Name/Title

Tile: Toys, Dolls (TK)

Description

A six-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting painted wooden toys from Germany.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1960

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 example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio until 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze

Color

Brick Red, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Black, Brown