Tile: Calico Patch T-26, Turquoise (color TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Calico Patch T-26.: Images: pinkandhank, Etsy.com, unless noted.
Tile: Calico Patch T-26.

Images: pinkandhank, Etsy.com, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Calico Patch T-26, Turquoise (color TK)

Description

A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting two hearts (one superimposed with a calico print), a bird, a leaf and two tulips in Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art motifs. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This example is on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 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: “r.darr wert”, in script, lower left corner. Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork, Ink

Color

Teal, Green, Black