Pot Herbs and Tea Herbs tiles in a black painted frame.
PKM collection. Images: PKM.
Name/Title
Tile, Framed Double: Pot Herbs T-12 & Tea Herbs T-13
Description
A pair of Country Prints tiles, Pot Herbs T-12 and Tea Herbs T-13, in a black painted Country Prints frame, c.1955. The back of the frame reveals tile blanks manufactured by ATCo, and the remnants of a Country Prints label hanger that has been removed. The face of the tiles are flush with the frame face, allowing it to be used as a trivet, and/or hung on the wall as art. Tiles are glued into a rabbet in the frame back.
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
These examples are printed 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 and firing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.
Frames were manufactured by a wood shop local to Gill, but painted in the Country Prints workshop, where tile framing was also finished.
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Tiles are individually signed. Frame is unmarked.
Dimensions
Height
8-3/4 in
Width
14-3/4 in
Depth
3/4 in
Material
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Wood, Paint, Glue
