 Oval bowl by Blue Mountain Pottery, with the distinctive blue-green glaze | |
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ornamental pottery manufacture |
| Founded | 1953 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Founders |
|
| Defunct | December 31, 2004 |
| Headquarters | Collingwood, Ontario , Canada |
Area served | Product sold across Canada, with exports to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand |
Key people |
|
| Products | Various pottery types, with distinctive multi-coloured glazes |
Blue Mountain Pottery was a Canadian pottery company located in Collingwood, Ontario, and named for the nearby Blue Mountains. It produced pottery with distinctive mixtures of glazes. The most common glaze pattern was a combination of a blue-green glaze and a dark grey or black glaze, although it also produced pottery in other glaze combinations.
Founded in 1953, the company’s pottery became very popular in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s, and was exported to markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The company closed at the end of 2004, but its products continue to be popular amongst private collectors. The Royal Ontario Museum and the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art both have collections of Blue Mountain pottery.