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2 Blue Mountain Pottery creamers

2 Blue Mountain Pottery creamers. Made in Canada this is a very attractive set of Blue Mountain Pottery. Since the company closed in 2004 this is becoming a hot collectable.
The low one is 5" long handle to spout and is 2 1/2" tall. It has a small chip at the spout.
The creamer is 5" tall by 4 1/2" handle to spout and is in good condition.
Both have the "BMP" mark on the bottom.

Blue Mountain Pottery was Canada's largest manufacturer of quality giftware pottery from its introduction in 1947 until the plant closed for good December 2004 ending a 57 year business.

Located in Collingwood, Ontario, the uniqueness of Blue Mountain Pottery is a combination of the rich red clay, used in the moulding of the items, and the special glazing used to create the various shades of colour called "Reflowing Decorating".

According to the information sheets, there are 2 different hand applied glazes, one light and one dark in colour. During the firing process the lighter glaze runs as it passes through the darker glaze. It is nearly impossible to have two pieces identical because of this process making each piece unique in itself.

The most popular colouring of Blue Mountain Pottery has always been the green toned items, but over the years, particularly during the 1960's, other colours were introduced such as Harvest Gold, Mocca, Cobalt Blue, Pewter, Red, Brown, etc. The product line also expanded over the years from decor vases and figurines to include kitchen cannisters and servers to complete tea and coffee sets.

Blue Mountain Pottery was sold through qualified Distributors and Specialty Gift Stores across Canada. It was shipped around the world including Great Britian, Germany New Zealand and the U.S.A. Until recently they had an Internet web site that also has closed.

Collecting Blue Mountain Pottery is still popular by many and, as time goes on, will become much more difficult to find in perfect condition. It is important to be able to identify Blue Mountain Pottery from other look-a-likes. All pieces that had a closed base also had one of a variety of BMP mould marks. For items that had no base including most of the bird and animal items, they were sold with stickers or tags, many long since lost. However, a trained eye can always identify the quality workmanship, the special glazing and the specific moulds of Blue Mountain Pottery.

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Canadian Potteries Information

I have been asked by a lot of people about Canadian potters and their history so I put this informational page in China Miner.

Most of this information I obtained from various sources on the Internet.

Some was obtained from books.

I have no intention of competing with any informational website regarding Canadian potters information.

I am here to sell things.

So I would like to mention here, some sites which have been extremely helpful in gathering this information. If you really are interested in Canadian potters I recommend you visit these Websites,

(oddly enough, many are non-Canadian.)

A new entry in Canadian pottery coverage http://cleancanadianfootprints.com/

Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District http://www.medalta.org/companies/companies_1.html

Canadian Pottery Identifier http://www.canadianpotteryidentifier.com/
Blue Mountain Pottery In The UK http://www.freewebs.com/bmpcollector/identifyingbmp.htm

Blue Mountain Pottery Collector http://bmpcollector.tripod.com/

(Anyone else with useful Canadian Pottery information that wishes to be included here,
please contact me and I will include a link to your site. )

To any Canadian potters still operating and creating I can put pictures and links of your work on this site.

There would be no charge for this but please don't overwhelm me with mass produced items such as mugs etc.

I am looking to showcase Canadian talent not be a Canadian Wall Mart!

Click here to view all the information I have available on various Canadian potters

This is most of what I have available.

I will be adding (and correcting) any missing or incorrect information as I obtain it.

Any additional information anyone could provide, would be added to this and would be greatly appreciated!