}PWS4T}.mt6 .hm3 .h1Copyright Grayson Enterprises 1st No. Am. Rights .h22 July 1989 2787 words .h3Page #. A AMERICA SAMPLER O COOKIE AN COOKI JARS FO TH "TW-COOKI-JA" HOME Writte an Photographe b Jun Grayson I' sorr fo peopl Whereve the ar - Wh liv i house Wit n cooki jar. INTRODUCTION The don' mak cookie lik the use t cookie wit suga sparklin o top thic an cak-lik i th center an crisp brow o th edges. The don' mak grandmother lik the use t on wh ha tim t mak th cookies wea bi apron an sti ho coffe int mil fo cooki dunking. The don' mak cooki jar lik the use to eithe jar o th fines han-blow ar glass o delicat han-painte porcelai wit profusio o flowers o cu glas lea crysta whic ran lik bel whe yo tappe i wit spoon. Grandmother stil mak homemad cookie fo visitin grandchildren especiall fo holidays Cookie ar eas t make Yo ca sti u batc an hav the ho ou o th ove i les tha a hour Althoug w don' kno th nam o th firs cooki baker al culture tha bake a all bake som  40  smal treat tha coul b calle cookies. Bu unles yo haun 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 manufacturers a wel a th silversmiths mad thei "biscuit an "cracker jar i ever conceivabl color shape an materia silver glass pottery stoneware earthenware an pocelain. Th firs jar becam popula i Englan abou 1865 whe servin te becam nationa tradition famil displaye it pretties biscui ja wit th silve te servic o th dinin roo sideboard Th plaine jar wer use i th kitche fo evr day. Surprisingly i wa th America silve manufacturer tha popularize th biscui ja her an advertise the i thei silve trad catalogs no preserve i historica museum an reproduce i referenc book abou antiques. 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 cracke jar. Th te biscuit th Victorian serve fro thei biscui jar wer no th swee treat w cal cookie today The wer mor lik ou dr crackers Th cookbook o th Eighteent centur di no eve hav chapte fo "cookies. Yo ca onl  40  fin on o tw rea cooki recipe i th "cake chapte an the wer usuall onl fo rolle suga o ginge cookies Perhap n othe cultur excep ou presen da America cultur ha invente s man o th differen swee treat w cal cookie today Still ou appetit fo swee treat o an kin an jar t serv the fro ma wel remai insatiable N purchase cooki ha eve taste a goo t m a homemad ones Al th mor reaso fo familie t mak thei own cookie again Whe yo mak you own yo ca us onl th fines o ingredient an yo kno yo wil no us an unnecessar additives Yo ca adjus th ingredient t mak lo cholestero cookies Yo ca ad extr protei an fiber homemad cooki wit extr oatmeal fruit raisins peanu butter an nut make perfec breakfas o snac fo chil wh i pick eater No g collectin t fin you family' tw cooki jar on fo everyda kitche us an th othe on fo compan bes - s tha you famil ca stoc u o it happ memories. ##### TH BELLEE SHAMROC JAR Perhap th leprechaun ha somethin t d wit creatin th captivatin Iris Bellee porcelai tha ha charme collector fo 13 years Th discover i th 1850 o fin whit cla foun onl i northwester Irelan starte thi compan whic stil thrive today Belleek' mos famou patter i it "shamroc ware" whic ha bee produce fo mor tha 10 years Decoration ar han- painte o th baske-weav molde jar an th piece finishe wit specia pearlize glaze Yo ca tel ho ol piec o Bellee i b th colo o th factor trademar blac mark first the green an no gold al showin th Iris harp wolfhound an roun castle wa to impatien t wai unti coul fin an affor a antiqu Bellee cracke jar s bough ne on a a Iris impor store Eve ne piece ar mad i smal quantities thu assurin thei collectibility. ##### TH TORQUA POTTER MOTT WAR JAR Potter factorie flourishe aroun Torquay England from 187 t 196 t tak advantag o scarc re cla whic wa use t mak th terr cott piece belove b th Victorians Whe th marke fo terr cott collapse i 1900 th factorie switche t makin painte an glaze "mott ware fo th touris an advertisin trades Torqua wa originall considere "cheap product whic on coul bu fo pennie onl te year ago Price hav no escalated an th bette piece ar har t find A internationa Torqua Potter Collector' Societ hold annua meeting i England Th predominat color cream green an gol an pattern th blac cockerel th blu kingfisher th cottage an th Scand (simila t Norwegia rosemaling g wel wit countr decoratin styles Bu th mottoe humorous patriotic an philosophica continu t b it mai appeal ##### TH PIN OPE LAC DEPRESSIO GLAS JAR Th lowl depressio glass give awa wit soap an cereal durin th 1930 an 1940s i no prize b eage collector wh for depressio glas clubs publis marketin guides an hol depressio glas show severa time yea throughou th country N longe cheap i i stil mor affordabl tha th earlie an scarce Victoria ar glass Th Hockin Glas Compan mad "Ope Lace i crysta an pin betwee 193 an 1938 Yo ca stil fin man pieces includin plates bowls an tumblers fo sal a fle market an glas shows I yo don' nee cooki jar conside usin thi on a fis bowl A least tha i th purpos fo whic th compan advertise th crysta ja i it origina trad catalogs A fa a know reproduction o thi patter hav no bee mad a yet Ther i nothin wron wit reproducin beautifu pattern a lon a th ne glas i no sol a antiqu prices Unfortunately tha sometime happens. ##### TH GOL LOV STOR JAR cooki ja doesn' hav t b ol t b beautifu an romantic Sometime yo ge lucky bough thi appealin ja o clea gol glas wit gol colore meta casing rim lid an bail fo onl $18.0 a a antiqu store migh hav bee willin t pa eve more Th dome li hide musi bo whic play "Th Them fro Lov Story wheneve th li i removed Th wor JAPA i molde int th glas o th botto o th jar pape wit th word LOV STOR i tape t th botto o th jar Wa thi ja brough ou a promotio aroun th tim o th 197 movie Lov Story wit Al McGra an Rya O'Neal ##### TH DOULTO PORCELAI CHIN JAR On o m favorit jars thi exquisit Victoria ja ha th Doulto trademar stampe o th bottom Doulto Potter an Porcelai wer mad b Doulto an Co o Burslem England afte 1882 Th nam Roya Doulto appeare o thei ware afte 1902 s assum thi ja wa mad betwee 188 an 1902 Molde int eigh melo-shape segments an painte wit delicat appl blossom an leaves th to flare ou int irregula scallop touche wit gold Tin embosse whit daisie o backgroun o blu cove th res o th ja tha goe fro scallop t rim Eve th gol meta bai i gracefull scalloped Henr Doulto wa th firs potter manufacture t encourag wome t tak leadin rol i th creativ sid o hi business Reportedly hi "Lad Artists wrot t him "W desir t expres ou obligation t yo fo elevatin s larg numbe o ou sex W als desir t recor ou ver hig appreciatio fo th arrangemen mad fo ou comfort. ##### TH HAND-PAINTE VIOLE JAR Th Victorian ca b credite wit startin th hom-base art an craft movemen i Americ tha continue t thi day Thousand o prope youn Victoria ladie expresse thei creativit throug porcelai paintin o factor-purchase bisqu blanks Sometime th Victoria artis hi hi o he nam unobtrusivel i lea o tendril bu ca fin n nam o thi jar However th ja containe tor piec o pape o whic i i written painte b Elle Slime Muhlhauser Perhap he descendant wil recogniz he nam an b happ t lear tha he talent ar stil bringin pleasur t others Chin painter stil practic thei ar i club throughou th states The tel m tha painting o chin i muc mor difficul tha paintin o canvas Th Internationa Associatio o Chin Painter i headquartere i Oklahom Cit wher the suppor museu tha ha Victoria Room. ##### TH TIPS NIPPO JAR M mos exuberan jar thi Nippo styl ja ha n mar o th bottom I ma hav bee importe befor 1891 whe Congres passe la tha al import shoul bea th nam o th countr o origin Japa use th wor "Nippon whic i th Japanes wor fo Japa fro 189 t 1921 an "Japa afte 1921 Perhap i i newe ja an pape labe bearin th wor "Japan ha bee removed S muc o collector' informatio i simpl conjecture I an event lik i an i wa no expensive I yo bu fro th heart yo wil no g wrong I th languag o flowers chrysanthemum sometime signif goo fortune gol chrysanthemum appear o th famil cres o Japan' roya family M ja i tips becaus on o it leg i glue i th wron place Wa ou unknow Japanes artis overtire fro workin lon hours o di h hav littl flas o sak hidde amon hi ar supplies ##### BLU AR GLAS JA Thi ja ha n identifyin mar bu i i simila t othe America ar nouvea glas products suc a "Belleware" produce fro 188 t 1900 I appea t b opa sati glas decorate wit blu wash decal an han painting Th decorativ han paintin i simila t tha don b Car Helmschied Bohemia artist wh worke a th foremos America glas factorie o tha day Serendipitously righ afte bough thi jar foun matchin smaler ja withou li fo sal fo $5.0 o jun tabl a a antiqu store Yo ca understan wh bough i immediately. Th silve-plate rim lid finial an bai i almos perfec conditio ar typica o th Victoria biscui jar o tha period Thi i obviousl o o m "compan best jars. ##### MARIGOL CARNIVA GLAS JAR Carniva glass a America invention i th ter give t th presse an iridize glas manufacture betwee 190 an 193 i th Unite States Europe an Australia I wa create t suppl moderatel-price glas resemblin th costl ar nouveu product o Tiffan an hi competitor o th sam tim period Specia finishe wer spraye o th glas an the fire o t produc th iridescenc s esteeme b collectors I wa sometime give awa a prize fo carniva game o chance henc th nam carniva glass. Factorie produce hundred o pattern i th mos commo color o marigold green an purpl althoug i wa eve produce i black white an pastels. M marigol ja i i th Hobsta an Fa patter mad b Imperia Glas Compan o Bellaire Ohio Th sam patter wa als mad i gree an purple. Som companie ar makin reproduction o carniva glas today hav lovel purpl grap carniva glas biscui ja probabl mad b th Fento Glas Compan i th 1960s However don' pa antiqu price fo reproductio ##### TH AR DEC JAR Ar Dec o Ar Modern perio wa name fo th Pari exhibitio o 1927 "L'Expositio International de Art Decoratifs. I wa reactio t th excesse o th Victoria perio an use simpl an angula lines. Thi jar wit it geometri line an it unabashedl chrom rim lid an bai i perfec exampl o th period. Th onl decoration ar th fou decal o Venice on t eac sid o th jar. trademar stampe o th botto o th ja show that i wa mad i Englan b th Hanle Company probabl i th 1930s. ##### (t b place o th pag wit th han painte viole jar) CRYSTALLIZE VIOLETS Althoug thi i no trul cooki recipe crystallize flowe petal mak suc prett decoratio o froste cookie an cakes an the ar s simpl t make tha coul no resis includin recipe. Mos importantly yo mus onl us flower tha hav no com i contac wit an dangerou garde chemicals suc a th herbicide use o lawns. Pic perfec flower i earl mornin whe the ar a thi best Rins wit col wate an le the dr o rack. Bea on eg whit wit for unti i i froth bu no dr. Hol th violet b thei stem an di int th eg white oldin the upsid dow whil th exces eg whit drip off. No di int granulate suga an b sur tha th whol floe i well-coated. Plac o wir rac an le the dr thoroughl a roo temerature Yo ma leav the overnight. Plac o th frostin whil i i stil sof s tha th floer wil sta i place. Extr flower ca b store fo severa month i a ai- tigh jar Yo ca us othe smal flowe petal suc a fro rose b holdin an dippin the wit tweezers ##### CHOCOLAT CHI COOKIES Fo som peopl ther i onl on cooki an tha i th chocolat chip Create accidentall i 193 a th Tol Hous In i Massachusetts Rut Wakefiel cu u chocolat ba an adde i t he regula cooki dough believin tha th chocolat woul mel i th ove an sprea throughou th doug t mak chocolat cookies Sh wa disappointe whe tha di no happe bu serve th cookie anyway. The wer suc hi tha eventuall Nestl Compan bough th right t th Tol Hous nam an cooki an starte marketin th chocolat chip w kno today. No ther ar contest onl fo chocolat chi cooki recipe an cooki book containin onl chocolat chi cooki vaiations. stil thin tha th recip o th Tol Hous packag i a tast a an o them However m daughte Beck make variatio tha friend sa i i s goo tha yo don' eve kno i i goo fo you. CHOCOLAT CHI COOKIES cu brow sugar cu whit sugar quarter o unsalte butte o margarine well-beate eggs teaspoo vanilla cu whit unbleache whit flour cu whol whea flour teaspoo bakin soda teaspoo bakin powder cu oatmeal 1/ cu 100 bra cerea soake i on liquifie banana 1/ cu whea germ 1 ounc packag o chocolat chips Crea sugar an butter ad egg an mi well ad res o th ingredient an mi unti smooth dro b smal teaspoon ful o grease an floure bakin tins bak i 37 degre ove unti slightl brow a th edges coo o wir racks. ##### BUTTERNU COOKIES Thi i a easy fast can' possibl eve fai recipe Yo ca us you favorit choppe nuts bu w prefe pecans Onc whe wa ou o nuts sprea strawberr preserve o th to befor bakin no a goo a th nuts bu stil delicious. 1/ cu butter cu sugar 1/ teaspoo cinnamon eg separated cup flour ounce choppe pecans Mi al o th abov ingredient togethe wel excep fo th eg whit an th nuts Pa th doug int jell rol pa 10 b 15" Bea th eg whit wit for unti slightl froth an the sprea o to o th dough Sprinkl th nut ove all Bake a 35 degree unti onl faintl ta o th edges Cu int 1 square whe cold. #####