Tile, Framed Single: Pot Herbs T-12 in Natural Wood Frame

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Pot Herbs T-12 in a natural birchwood Country Prints frame.: PKM collection. Image: PKM
Pot Herbs T-12 in a natural birchwood Country Prints frame.

PKM collection. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Tile, Framed Single: Pot Herbs T-12 in Natural Wood Frame

Description

A Pot Herbs T-12 tile in a natural birchwood Country Prints frame. Tile frames were offered in a choice of natural birchwood or black. This frame with a recessed tile is the earliest style of tile frame offered by Country Prints, c.1955.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert and produced by Ceramo Studio, NYC, for Country Prints. Frames produced near Gill, MA. Framed tiles assembled and finished by Country Prints in Gill, MA.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert”, in script, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles imprint.

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Birchwood, Clear Finish Coat, Cardboard, Ink

Colors

Color Notes

See individual tile entry for colors.