Ceramic Mammy Cookie Jar

Mccoy s first figural cookie jar was mammy with cauliflower blackamoor figures were associated with good eating during the 30s.

Ceramic mammy cookie jar.

Other mammy jars featured large women whose equally spacious dresses formed the bases of the jars. Jars made of glass crystal or metal can also be found. When the image began circulating on twitter. Both jars are widely reproduced which has caused values to come down quite a bit over the last few years.

Vintage ceramic cookie jar washtub mammy by aletafordbakerdesign antique cookie jars ceramic cookie jar biscuits kitsch american cookie wash tubs jazz ceramic figures vintage cookies your place to buy and sell all things handmade this is a rare cookie jar made by gale gerds and her husband robert of west alice wisconsin in 1992. Brand ebay offers brand names like american bisque shawnee or red wing shoes. This is the second mold used by mccoy but there were several variations on the words on the front of the dress. This is an authentic mccoy pottery mammy cookie jar with yellow glaze.

She was clearly used and loved by her owner. In 1948 mccoy changed the wording on the cookie jar to read cookies and it remained that way until they ceased production of it in 1957. A jar with good cold paint is hard to find. Mammy miniatures jars salt and pepper shakers kitchen bells show a black woman with exaggerated lips in a red and white gown and a matching head scarf.

Mammy cookie jar in collectible black americana housewares kitchenwares mammy cookie jar in mccoy art pottery mammy cookie jar in vintage collectible cookie jars pre 1970. Lawn jockeys depict hunched over. Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars. In a new editorial shared by photographer brian ferry grace coddington was shown posing in her kitchen in front of a large collection of mammy jars.

Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars. A jar with good cold paint is hard to find.