.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd One Time Newspaper Rights .h2Pag #. Exclusive Your State .h3Copyrigh 1989 957 Words VICTORIA COOKI JARS Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Richar Grayson The don' mak cookie lik the use to: cookie with suga sparklin o top thic an cak-lik i th cente, and crisp brow o th edges. The don' mak grandmother lik the use to: on wh ha tim t mak th cookies wea bi apron an sti ho coffe int mil fo cookie dunking. The don' mak cooki jar lik the use to either jars o th fines handblow ar glas o delicat hand-painte porcelai wit profusio o flowers o cu glas lea crysta whic rang lik bel whe yo taped i wit spoon. Grandmother stil mak homemad cookie fo visitin grandchildre especiall fo holidays Cookie ar eas t make Yo ca sti u batc an hav the ho ou o th oven i les tha a hour Althoug w don' kno th nam o the firs cooki baker al culture tha bake a al, baked som smal treas tha coul b cale cookies. Bu unles yo haun th antiqu store an fle markets, yo won' fin an cooki jar fo sal t compar wit th beaut o th Victoria biscui jars An that' pity Th Victoria chin an glas manufacturer a wel a th silversmiths mad thi "biscuit" an "cracker jar i ever conceivabl colo, shap an materia silver, glass pottery stoneware earthenware an porcelain. Th firs jar wer probabl mad afte 1700 The becam popula i Englan abou 1865 whe servin te becam nationa tradition famil displaye its pretties biscui ja wit th silve te servic o th dinin roo sideboard The use tha on fo "company. Th plaine jar wer use for everyday Surprisingly i wa th America silve manufacturer who popularize th biscui ja hee an advertise the i thei silve trad catalogs. The mad th silve plates rims an handle The importe th glas jar fro Franc an Englan unti Aerica glas an potter maker too over. Yo ca se th advertisement i th ol trad catalog preserve i historica museum an reproduce i referenc book abou antiques. WAV CREST Th Glas o C F Monroe contain severa page o thes advertisements Manufacturer als produce humidors pickl jars an ginge jar jus a opulentl designe a th cracke jars Sometime creame an suga bow wer mad t matc th biscui jar. Fo twent years Georg an Mar Keyser advance collector o Chicago bough antiqu biscui jar fo thei ow pleasure, amassin on o th mos complet collection i th Unite States The ha 12 jar an n tw wer alike Th Smithsonia ha n biscui ja collection Th Stron Museu a Rochester N Y. ha fiv biscui jars Accordin t Mr Keyser "Eve th Victori an Alber Museu i Londo ha onl si biscui jar o displa whe w visite there W hav see fe i German an Austri bu non i Italy." Whe Mrs Keys die seve year ago Mr Keyse bega to giv awa hi collection "I sel the t dealer ho d kno wh get t bu an enjo them I giv the t museum the migh b store unsee i som basement Thi way ge t se m friend an famil enjo them. explain Keyser " g int thei home an ca se tha they display an appreciat m treasures." Th Keyser bough thei firs biscui ja i Connecticu in 1962 whe the travele eas fo famil wedding The paid $12.0 fo it Fro the on ever outin a hom o abroad include sto a a antiqu store Unlik som collectors wh stor thei treasure i boxes th Keyser displaye ever biscui ja eithe i cabine o o table an chests throughou thei larg Victoria home. Sinc the bot ha Englis ancestors som o thei favorit jar wer bough i England Hanna Barlo a English artist designe thei Barlo jar whic soare fiv-fol i valu righ afte the bough it Thoug probabl the hav no relationshi t Hannah Barlo i on o thei famil names. Keyse wh majore i geolog i college als favors English Huntle an Palme ti ja i th shap o glob wit worl map Th jar wer use a promotion t sel cookie. I yo ca fin on now, yo wil pa severa hundre dollar fo Huntle an Palme jar. Ca yo star a antiqu biscui ja collectio today? Th hun woul b harde bu n les rewarding quic tou o on suburb' antiqu display foun thre fo sale On wa oblong silverplated wit th word Biscuits engrave o th fron an price a $400.00. Tw othe jars wit handles looke lik suga bowls only larger Thei pric wa $42.0 each Accordin t Keyser the ma wel b suga bowls "Befor th automobile traveling salesme staye a hotel buil nex t th trai station Each tabl i th hote dinin roo ha a oversize suga bow i th cente o it." Th mos ornat biscui ja i curren issu o th Antiqu Trade i price a $799.00 Tw othe jar lis for $300.00 Undoubtedly th mos beautifu jar whic survive to thi day ar i th hand o privat collectors The ma onl appea fe a tim a sale a th larg auctio houses. Th te biscuit th Victorian serve fro thei biscui jars wer no th swee treat w cal cookie today The wer usuall mor lik ou crackers. Still ou appetit fo treat o an kin, an th jar w serv the fro, ma wel remai insatiable. #####