Name/Title
Tile: Herbs, Chives T-71Description
A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting the herb chives, its latin name, and suggestions for use.
The text reads, “CHIVES, allium schoenoprasum, for usefulness, freshly chopped in cottage cheese, omelettes, salad and to garnish boiled potato, fine in potato salad and with meat dishes, this family includes garlic, top onions - shallots, leek & rocambole”.
This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, c.1960; see images.
This is one of a series of six tiles dedicated to single herbs; see individual entries.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
This design is printed on the thicker tile body 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
Front: “wert by hand”, lower left corner.
Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inDepth
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, CorkColor
Light Green, Dark Green, Red, Black
