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Theo Schoon, a rare and important press moulded stoneware dish,…
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Auckland
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8-Dec-2011
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Theo Schoon, a rare and important press moulded stoneware dish, the rectangular dish decorated with an impressed, theo Schoon stamp design. Signed with initials to the base and with affixed label from Steve Rumsey. This dish, one of only four known, was a creative collaboration between Steve Rumsey, Len Castle and theo Schoon. in 1985, theo Schoon was living in Mangere in a retirement home, weak and frail as a result of emphysema. This dish was formed by Steve Rumsey from a Len Castle mould then given to theo who, sitting crossed legged in bed, decorated the dish with his impressed stamp designs, after firing, the dish was rubbed with manganese dioxide and fired by Steve Rumsey in his electric kiln. Provenance: from the collection of Steve Rumsey. See New Zealand Potter's magazine, volume 27, number 2, 1985, p19-21, together with a letter of provenance from Steve Rumsey that accompanies the dish. a similar dish is held in the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa. 27 x 27 cm
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Ceramics: Castle, Len