ORIGINAL! McCoy Mammy Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar Black Americana COLLECTIBLE

McCoy Mammy Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar Black Americana COLLECTIBLE!! In 1910, Nelson McCoy established the Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Co.

This area of Ohio provided a good source for natural clay and the McCoy firm used this clay to manufacture decorative stoneware. Predominantly producing earthenware pieces for kitchen use, the company expanded in 1925 modernizing its production facilities. Decorative pieces were produced in addition to their traditional kitchen items.

By the mid 1920, McCoy hired designers to sculpt and decorate the pottery. During the Depression, McCoy condensed resources by working with other pottery firms in the American Clay Products organization. By 1933, the company was renamed, the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company and many new designs were introduced. In addition to the firm's famous figural cookie jars, McCoy planters, vases, and other utilitarian pottery remain popular with collectors. These pieces regularly command high values.

McCoy Cookie Jars From the 1940s to the 1960s, McCoy was best known for its production of cookie jars. The original "Mammy" also known as the Aunt Jemima type cookie jar is arguably the most popular with McCoy cookie jar collectors. McCoy made cookie jars from about 1939 until production ceased in 1987. The first McCoy cookie jar produced is also one of the most valuable cookie jars in the secondary market today, called the "Mammy" cookie jar which can be valued into the several hundreds of dollars.

If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message. McCoy Mammy Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar Black Americana COLLECTIBLE" is in sale since Saturday, June 03, 2017.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Kitchenware\Cookie Jars\Vintage (Pre-1970)". The seller is "coconutshell99" and is located in Bellevue, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.