Blue, Blue And More Blue

I can not believe how many blue items I have found in the last two weeks since my last post.  Everywhere I turned blue was the color I saw and brought home.  It's a good thing blue is one of my favorite colors.  Well I hope you all like the color blue since this post is all about blue.

I found these three pieces of art glass in a day of each other for a price that amazed me and made me very happy.  Two of the pieces are marked Chalet Canada and the other is unsigned.  The piece on the stand that looks like a raindrop has fallen hit the ground and splashed up is one I already have but this one is a bit smaller in size.  Glass has always been something I've collected it started with collecting pieces that washed up on the beach at my grandparents cabin.  And grew from there.

The paperweights are not from my last two weeks of hitting the second hand stores but some more of the ones I received last month.  These are all signed Skookum which are pieces from Robert Held Studio.  I have some other pieces by  him and when on our honeymoon last October we stopped at his studio in Parksville and I picked up two pieces with some of the money we received for wedding gifts.  If you are ever in Parksville on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and like glass I would recommend it as somewhere to stop.

Blue Mountain Pottery is another one of the things I like to collect and was happy to find this piece a few days ago to add to my collection.  This Canadian based company is no longer in business and quite a bit of their product is out there.  I collect pieces I don't see very often which helps me from filling my house up with a lot of pottery.

From The Kitchen

This Pyrex bowl and casserole dish was a nice find in the Colonial Mist pattern.

The blue metal mug holder is one I've never seen before and now holds my blue Fire King mugs.

I picked up three of the plates shown made in England at the Staffordshire Potteries Ltd.

The Canuck mug brings back childhood memories the logo shown on the mug was the uniform logo I remember seeing on their uniforms when honkey night in Canada was on as a kid.  When we were at my mothers parents place when a game was on I was allowed to hear the theme song that was really the only part I liked then I was banned to the kitchen.  I'm guessing this was so I wouldn't nag my grandfather to put on a show I would like.

I collect Celtic jewelry and added this brooch to my collection this past week.  I have one just like this piece with red stones but it's not a brooch but a clip for scarfs to wear around your neck and hold it in place.

This scarf caught my eye and I decided to bring it home.

Do you have songs that all you have to do is hear them and they transport you back to somewhere in your memories. "Crystal Blue Persuasion" when I hear it by Tommy James And The Shondells sends me back to the early 1970's me and my sister were being babysat by the neighbors teenage kids and we spent the day in their backyard surrounded by all their friends who set up a kid's pool for us maybe the song was playing on the radio. 

These pictures are from the husband side they are of his grandfathers beach vacations.  You would not believe how many pictures we have of him in bathing suits.  The funny thing is my husband won't even wear a pair of shorts.

Thanks for taking the time to drop by.

Denise

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Mostly Orange, Green And Blue

The following items are all secondhand store finds from the last two weeks.  I picked up two fairly large boxes of finds this Saturday alone.  These finds will be in my next few blogs.

1950's Atomic Age Eames Glass Cookie Jar.

This 1960 mid century modern California Pottery serving dish is in a Psychedelic design.  These pieces have 872 Calif. U.S.A. stamped on the bottom.  The colors are a red/orange, yellow and avocado green.

This piece caught my eye I believe it is California pottery.  I thought it was stamped on the bottom with U.S.A. Cal. Orici 334 but I found nothing when I tried to research it.  The colors are Avocado with a green and blue hue.

This dish is a piece of Canadian Blue Mountain Pottery.  Located in Collingwood, Ontario founded in 1947 and closed in 2004.

I've added this orange glass flower frog to my collection.

These notecards and envelopes I bought because the pictures worked for a window display.

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Blue Mountain Pottery

A Short History
Blue Mountain Pottery started in 1947 and was Canada's largest manufacturer of quality giftware.  It was located in Collingwood, Ontario.  The rich red clay used, the way it was moulded and the glazing technique call "Reflowing Decorating" is what made it unique.  The pottery came in many colors.
Sadly their doors closed in 2004.

My Memories Of Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain Pottery is something my grandmother had a collection of, I remember seeing at her house.  The blue color was always my favorite.
In the 1970's my family went on vacation to Barkerville a historic town in British Columbia and in the saloon my root beer came in a mug that looked like it could be Blue Mountain.

Is It Or Isn't It Blue Mountain