Some Help With Identifying Blue Mountain Pottery

On many occasions you will find dealers/sellers that misidentify other Canadian pottery as Blue Mountain Pottery. Potteries such as McMaster, Beauce, Evangeline, Laurentien and Canadian Ceramic Crafts also produced a green glaze on their pieces, color and application would easily identify any unmarked pieces.

The simplest and easiest is by the markings on the base if any. I have seen many pieces by Evangeline (well marked) advertised as Blue Mountain. The uneducated/misinformed dealer/seller attempts to sell most green pottery pieces as Blue Mountain solely because of the price difference. Flea Markets, Antique Shops or any Online Sales venue will have a few misidentified pieces. The stickers on the bottom or inside an open base does not guarantee authentic Blue Mountain as some stickers could have been applied to these pieces to misrepresent the piece. Another issue is pieces advertised as "RARE", if this was the only piece still in existence then it would be rare. In most cases a "Rare" piece is soon followed by 6 or 8 more "Rare" pieces. It is astonishing how you can browse through an Antique Mall finding an item marked as "Rare" and then finding 2 or 3 more of the same item within the mall. A cautious buyer is a knowledgeable buyer.