Ceramic Mammy Cookie Jar

This is an authentic mccoy pottery mammy cookie jar with yellow glaze.

Ceramic mammy cookie jar.

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. She was clearly used and loved by her owner. 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. 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.

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

When the image began circulating on twitter. Lawn jockeys depict hunched over. 16 cookie boy hand decorated in plain colors produced in 1944 hey 17 mammy originally made with lettering produced in 1944 47 hey 19 clown bust hand decorated produced in 1945 47 hey 20 elephant with split trunk produced in 1945 hey 21 barrel shape shape like dutch boy cookie jar produced in 1945 hey. Brand ebay offers brand names like american bisque shawnee or red wing shoes.

Both jars are widely reproduced which has caused values to come down quite a bit over the last few years. Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars. 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. Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars.

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