Alberta Potteries over the Years

 Alberta Potteries Ltd (Wyatt's Company): 1931-1938

Alberta Potteries was never really competition for Medalta even though they made very similar products.  They had a wide range of products even though they operated for such a short time.  Wyatt also competed with Medalta with advertising items like ashtrays, mixing bowls, pudding bowl or meat pan and a souvenir cup commemorating the 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George the V and Queen Mary. 

                                              

Alberta Potteries Limited (Yuill's Company): 1941-1966

                                                            

Yuill's plant was located in Redcliff and various people worked with them designing pottery pieces, Luke Lindoe and Malcolm McCarthur to name a couple.  The products produced were varied and included utilitarian as well as decorative pieces.  

Ron Getty's book The Kilns of South Eastern Alberta is loaded with information about the kilns that operated in Medicine Hat.  It is great resource book to have if you are collecting pottery made in Alberta.  Ron has several reference books and they are great resource books, ours are full of little notes to try and keep track of other little bits of information.

I always find that a piece can be described to me but until I actually see it I have have a hard visualizing what it looks like.  Experience is a great educator and makes it easier to pick out a piece from one of the potteries and be able to tell which pottery company may have made it.  Time is a great educator!

And the Search Continues...