Theo & Susan Harlander Rooster Tile Brooklin Studio Pottery Toronto Canada Modernism

On a thin hand formed slab of red clay a sgraffito design of a rooster sits on a leathery finished glazed surface. Made by Theo and Susan Harlander at Brooklin Pottery in the 1950s. Incised mark on back. Very good condition with no chips cracks or repairs, traces of mortar. Was once part of a table top. Measures 6" square.

German immigrants Theo Harlander and his wife Susan Harlander established the Brooklin Pottery studio in 1952 in Brooklin, Ontario. The pair introduced a continental approach to the field of Canadian studio production.