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BMP "Blue Mountain Pottery" Blue Drip Glaze Over Cobalt 10" Vase / Canada/ Circa 20th Century

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    Posted 9 years ago

    mikelv85
    (1230 items)

    A quick stop at one of the tiny GW training stores turned up this lovely and different blue drip glaze piece of BMP. The vase is 10 1/2" tall and about 6" in diameter at the shoulders. Made using their traditional red clay, however the blue glaze is not their typical color which is usually green. It's quite attractive and I didn't see anything like it online in shape or color. I also have a large Blue Mountain Pottery dolphin which is really a great piece. A Canadian icon and one of their largest potteries they closed their doors on December 31, 2004. -Mike-

    Blue Mountain Pottery, Canada
    Written by Bruce Dyer
    Courtesy of Blue Mountain Pottery Collectors Club
    bmpcc.com

    Jozo Weider at the Potters Wheel in the Collingwood Ski Barn
    Blue Mountain Pottery began in the early 1950s, likely 1953, and continued to produce its wares until 2004, terminating business in February 2005. During this time it grew from a small localized operation based at the Blue Mountain ski resort just outside Collingwood Canada into a major factory exporting to the United States, British Isles, Caribbean, Australasia and other markets.
    Items made over this period can be identified by studying the diverse methods of marking the pottery using different ink stamps, mould marks, stickers, hangtags and glazes. Blue Mountain Pottery is best known in the traditional green glaze, a flowing drip glaze that made each piece a distinctive individual work of art. However, as many as thirty to forty other glazes may have been employed at various times in the company's history including various hues of blue, red, mocha, slate, yellow/brown ("harvest gold"), white, black and many, many more.
    During the years of operation two men came to be virtually synonymous with Blue Mountain Pottery due to the extent of their involvement over many years as well as their business leadership. Jozo Weider was the first owner and would play a major role in various capacities until his tragic death in October, 1970. Robert Blair was the other major influence, serving as a corporate leader from about 1971-1983, retiring, and then returning with the purchase of the bankrupt company's name, logo, and many moulds in November 1986. He would own, rebuild and operate Blue Mountain Pottery until the end.
    Many talented potters worked for the company over the years. Perhaps the best-known were Dennis Tupy, a highly skilled mould maker who was the originator of the style and who worked at BMP from its origins until 1960, Dominic Stanzione, the studio potter whose work helped to make the company famous in the late 1960s-early 1970s, and David Bennett, the creator of the ROMAR and Robert Wilson special editions and whose time with the company ran from the mid-1980s until its closure.
    Sadly for collectors Blue Mountain Pottery closed its doors on December 31, 2004. It was the end of an era for a business that was effectively a Canadian icon and one of the largest potteries ever in Canada.

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    1. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      This is the BMP dolphin piece I posted a year ago :) I believe it's older than the vase though. Probably the 60's.

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/105737-large-blue-mountain-pottery-dolphin-figu?in=collection-1867
    2. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      Thanks Ken :)... Yes they are very nice and you don't see them all that often. The animals are really special if you find one.
    3. antiquerose antiquerose, 9 years ago
      Blue Mountain Pottery ( BMP ) has several different colors of glazes. Green, Blue, Red, harvest Gold....etc, etc.

      Here is a link showing some of their Glazes. I had Green, Blue, Red, Harvest Gold, Slade, and Mocha myself. Just thought I would point you to that link. Worth the read...

      http://thebmpcc.com/Glaze%20Colors.html



      Also they had several different logos for the Bottom. The ones more larger and more in a scrolling Script (the letter *M* ) are the older items.

      http://thebmpcc.com/Marks.html

      Hope that helps. If you click on this POST of mine and look at the pics there, you will see some of pieces I had. Mine you, not all are BMP - some were Evangeline, Canuck pottery there too....but it was a collection, as Most were BMP

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/146613-blue-mountain-pottery--canada

    4. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      Awesome ! Thanks Rose :)....The one collector site I looked at said you could date pieces by the glaze colors, but colors were produced during various years over three decades. I would think the style of the mark would be a more accurate indicator of age. I think my vase is rather recent. I like the blue a lot. I've never seen any of the other colors before but the green like my dolphin.

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