Collections Room
Welcome to our collection area.
There are more than 30,000 artefacts in our collection. These ceramic and stoneware pieces have been generously donated to the Friends of Medalta Society over the years by a great many people.
As yet we do not have the capacity to make this collection available for public viewing but hope to begin the process later this year, commencing with the opening of our new exhibit area located in the Medalta Potteries site.
For those unable to visit us in person, we would like to introduce some of the pottery we have in our collection. Each month we will feature a different item, including a brief description of the piece itself and other related information of interest to collectors and researchers alike. We hope you will enjoy this addition and look forward to your comments and questions.
If you have a piece of pottery and want more information, you can contact our Collections Technician, Joyce, at joyce@medalta.org
Featured Item – July 2010
Ginger Beer Bottles Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. Period: 1920′s – 1930″s Description: The bottles usually came in two sizes, 12 fluid ounces and 10 fluid ounces. The bottom exterior portion of the bottle, stoneware grey in colour, contained the supplier’s name stamp. The top exterior portion of the bottle came in a range of colours [...]
Featured Item – June 2010
Casserole with lid Manufacturer: Medicine Hat Potteries Ltd. Period: 1938 – 1955 Description: Casserole with lid, stacking style, Medicine Hat Potteries, style no. not known, plain straight sides, bottom inset to sit within the rim of a second unit, all turquoise blue, ca. 5.9 cm. h. x ca. 17.1 cm. max. top outside dia., stamp [...]
Featured Item – May 2010
Lamp Bases Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Limited (Right) Unknown (Left) Medalta 1939 – 1942 Unknown 1939 – 1942 Description: Medalta lamp base, Style No. 406, all white, ca. 19.8 cm. h. x ca. 14.5 cm. dia. base, no stamp, yellow clay, in good condition but crazed all over with grey staining accenting the crazing, two tiny [...]
Featured Item – April 2010
Cookie Jar Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. Period: ca.1930 – 1932 Description: Rope handled large cookie jar with hand painted sailboat image in brown on cane coloured background, made with yellow clay, ca. 10 7/8” h., glazed interior and exterior, interior cane coloured, no lid, stamped, very rare. Historical Information: The large rope handled cookie jar [...]
Featured Item – March 2010
Figurine Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. Period: 1932 Description: Bison figurine,*lacquered finish, standing on an oval shaped base which has a flattened area near the front, dimensions inclusive of base ca. 17.5 cm. in length x ca. 14 cm. max. in height x 11.7 cm. in width, Medalta stamp plus “Aug.17/32 BOWNESS SHOOTING GALLERY” written in [...]
Featured Item – February 2010
Canadian National Cup Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. (1924 – 1954) Period: 1950′s Description: Style name “Kermis”, restaurant and hotel ware, yellow with brown band around rim and brown Canadian National Railway logo on one side, handle bottom has extra elbow-shaped attachment, stamp on bottom of cup includes production year 1953. Historical Information: When Ed Phillipson [...]
Featured Item – January 2010
Lamp Base Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. (1924 – 1954) Period: 1935 – 1939 Description: Lamp base, Style #17, made using yellow clay, “No 17” and “MEDALTA” impressed in the bottom, lacquer finish, silver splatter on black background and hand painted or possibly stenciled gold leafed stems with hand painted buffalo berries in orange/red. Historical Information: [...]
Featured Item – December 2009
Plates Manufacturer: Medalta Potteries Ltd. (1924 – 1954) Period: 1951 Description: Approx. 10” calendar plates, plain bottom variety, pin fired, stamped, hotel ware, at the top on the rim “Season’s Greetings” in gold Old English style lettering and at the bottom, also in gold “COMPLIMENTS OF / MEDALTA POTTERIES LTD.” and “COMPLIMENTS OF / MEDALTA [...]
Featured Item – November 2009
Cup and saucer Manufacturer: New Medalta Ceramics Dimensions: Cup 3” high, 3 ½” diam. outside rim to rim Saucer ½” high, 6 ½” wide Period: 1958 Description: Cup and saucer both are hand painted to simulate the bark of a tree. The saucer is painted to look like a slice of a log. The yellow [...]
Featured Item – October 2009
Plate and Bowl Manufacturer: Medicine Hat Potteries Limited Dimensions: n/a Period: 1938 – 1954 Description: 9” dinner plate and cereal bowl from a dinnerware set called “Pussy Willow”. Hand painted branch in green with red berries on a sprayed yellow and blue background. Historical Information: Medicine Hat Potteries was set up in direct competition to [...]
Featured Item – September 2009
Lamp Bases Manufacturer: (A) Medalta Potteries Ltd. (1924 – 1954) (B) Alberta Potteries Ltd. (1931 – 1938) Dimensions: (A) ca. 17.4 cm. h. x ca. 8.5 cm. dia. across the base (B) ca. 17.1 cm. h. x ca. 9.3 cm. dia. across the base Period: Circa 1931 Description: The Medalta vase is slightly larger at [...]
Featured Item – August 2009
Vase Manufacturer: Alberta Potteries Ltd., Redcliff, Alberta, Canada. 1931 – 1938 Dimensions: approx. 10 ¼” (26.2 cm.) h. Period: 1931 – 1936 Description: Black lacquer finish vase, Style #30, faun and nymph with goat on one side, kneeling woman and standing woman on either side of a statue on the opposite side, all in low [...]
