Hannah's Flowers?

Hello, Your question about a pattern, "Hannah's Flowers," is no , there was no such pattern. I think what you saw probably was "Rachel's garden," also a blue and white pattern with flowers, usually painted within a square frame. There also were bugs.

Olive Green

The Olive Green pattern is named POND MOUNTAIN. The glaze is derived from iron, whch in a reduction firing cycle turns the glaze a Celadon green.

Reasons for closing Iron Mountain Stoneware

To granddaughter of Margaret Gose: I am having difficulty in managing the posts on the blog with a new system by Google. However, to answer your quetion about the reasons for Iron Mountain closing, they are as follows: There was no natural gas in Johnson County, and we used propane for fuel to fire the ilns. However, propane cost a lot more than natural gas. There was a shortage of gas, and prices doubled. That was one reason. Another was increasing costs for insurance and labor, another, the high cost of bank interest (18%). Our kilns needed repair. Retailers took longer to pay for shipments. We always suffered from insufficient working capital. altogether, it was impossble to continue.

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Nancy Lamb <lambsgoodearth@gmail.com>	Sat, Jan 26, 1:16 PM
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Hello, Pat, Thanks for your inquiry. My daughter, Katie Lamb, has a shop here in Damascus, VA, where we live. In the shop she is selling the Iron Mountain Stoneware we still have. I asked her about the Blue Ridge plates. Thee are none of those, but she does have five Basic Black plates, which work well with Blue Ridge. There are a few in other patterns, too, including One of a Kind plates by my sister, Sally Patterson, and by Jim Kaneko.

You canreach her at her shop: meandlittletree.com

Regards, Nancy Lamb