Ceramic Mammy Cookie Jar

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.

Ceramic mammy cookie jar.

Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars. 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. This is an authentic mccoy pottery mammy cookie jar with yellow glaze. Other mammy jars featured large women whose equally spacious dresses formed the bases of the jars.

Material many manufacturers used ceramic pottery to create vintage cookie jars before the 1970s and the material is widely used. Lawn jockeys depict hunched over. A jar with good cold paint is hard to find. 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 s first figural cookie jar was mammy with cauliflower blackamoor figures were associated with good eating during the 30s. This is the second mold used by mccoy but there were several variations on the words on the front of the dress. Mccoy pottery only made two black mammy cookie jars. Jars made of glass crystal or metal can also be found.

When the image began circulating on twitter. She was clearly used and loved by her owner. Both jars are widely reproduced which has caused values to come down quite a bit over the last few years. Brand ebay offers brand names like american bisque shawnee or red wing shoes.

16 cookie boy hand decorated in plain colors produced in 1944 hey 17 mammy originally made with lettering produced in 1944 47 hey 19 clown bust hand decorated produced in 1945 47 hey 20 elephant with split trunk produced in 1945 hey 21 barrel shape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. Both jars are widely reproduced which has caused values to come down quite a bit over the last few years.