Cheese server by Woodbury’s Woodware with an inset Weathervanes (TK) tile by Country Prints.
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Name/Title
Tile: WW Server, Weathervanes (TK), Walnut
Description
A Country Prints Weathervanes (TK) tile inset within a turned walnut cheese server by Woodbury’s Woodware of Shelburne, Vermont. Tile is a four-color overglaze print applied to a white glazed tile blank.
Server would have been sold with a hand-carved walnut cheese knife.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York, Woodbury's Woodware, Inc., Burlington, Vermont
Date made
circa 1963
Time Period
20th Century
Notes
Tile designed by Robert Darr Wert in Gill, MA. Tile manufactured by Ceramo Studio, NYC. Cheese server turned by Woodbury’s Woodware of Shelburne, VT. Assembly of finished server TBD.
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left section of tile. “Woodbury’s Woodware, Inc.” burned imprint and adhesive label on reverse of server.
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Server
Depth
3/4 in
Diameter
9-3/4 in
Dimension Description
Tile
Diameter
6 in
Material
Walnut Wood, White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Glue
