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Daisy1000's loves2477 of 2553Blue Mountain Pottery Swan Vase Thrift Shop Find 1 Euro ($1.08)BMP "Blue Mountain Pottery" Blue Drip Glaze Over Cobalt 10" Vase / Canada/ Circa 20th Century
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    Posted 8 years ago

    Alan2310
    (915 items)

    Good Morning CW Members---12:00 AM)2016-7-15
    I have this Dolphin for quite a while, always love the look of Blue Mountain Pottery, the Green Glaze agains the black on Red clay, really make stand up any piece from them, lot of popularity with collector around the world, this Dolphin is not the rarest to find, but in good condition, could be not easy to find, this piece is so big, very easy the damage if not manipulated with care.

    This Dolphin stand 10 inch tall, 16.75 inch long, 4.25 inch wide.

    Thanks for Viewing.
    Alan

    --------------------------BLUE MOUNTAIN POTTERY---------------------------

    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 to 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.

    Courtesy of : http://glassmenagerie.com/blue_mountain_pottery.html

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    Comments

    1. TassieDevil TassieDevil, 8 years ago
      Very nice dolphin!!!! Love it
    2. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      TassieDevil, many thanks for the kind comment and the love, much appreciated that you take some time to stop by.

      Regards
      Alan
    3. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      iggy
      jscott0363
      Caperkid
      mikelv85
      Efesgirl
      fortapache, many thanks to all of you for the love, much appreciated that you take some time to stop by.

      Regards
      Alan
    4. Alan2310 Alan2310, 8 years ago
      bb2
      ho2cultcha
      Manikin, many thanks to all of you for the love, much appreciated that you take some time to stop by.

      Regards
      Alan
    5. Trey Trey, 8 years ago
      Beautiful color:)

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