Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights pag 1 Copyrigh 1989 80 words GORGEOU GLAS COOKI JARS Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Richar Grayso an Jun Grayson didn' wan t collec cooki jar o cracke o biscui jar a th Victorian calle them I mean defyin m husban an depletin m ban account I als mean reclutterin ou home. Ou fou childre ha grow u an lef us; thei pet ha died M husban ha sol hi 10 piec antiqu radi collection ha eve sol m antiqu dol collectio s tha coul bu Leic camera fo ne caree a write an photographer Ou hom ha neve looke s nice. Bu i 198 Georg Keyse allowe u t photograp th 13 cracke jar tha h an hi wif Mar ha collecte i thei travel throughou th Unite State an Europ befor he deat fiv year previously ha neve see suc exquisite collection Whe ou childre wer littl an th hous fille wit dog an cats ha purposel avoide buyin anythin breakabl fo ou home tha consideratio n longe applied Th beautifu cooki jar reminde m o th bes time o m ow childhoo an wante t reliv the Man o u wh gre u i th 30 an 40 durin th Grea Depressio neve realize a th tim ho poo w were Whe cam hom i winte afte th dar ha starte t fall coul se th invitin glo o ou livin roo lam wit it pin shad shinin throug th windo ont th snow kne tha m mothe ha ho chocolat an hom-mad cookie o th kitche table (I thos days n "good mothe woul thin o servin "boughten cookie t he family) Ho coul hel bu tr t recaptur thos happ childhoo day b collectin cooki jars too And Warhol th recentl decease "pop artis an als cooki ja collector calle cooki jar "piece o time. An s the ar hundred o the wit thei ow littl stor t tel an al addin u t a intriguin histor o a entir age. Th Englis starte i al aroun 1700 The ha t ea somethin wit th te brough b th clippe ship fro th Orien b th Eas Indi Company Servin te becam nationa traditio durin th Victoria Age famil displaye it pretties biscui ja o th dinin roo sideboar an reserve i fo company Simple jar staye i th kitche. Surprisingly i wa America silve manufacturer wh popularize biscui jar i th Unite State an advertise the i thei silve trad catalogs Silve manufacturer mad th silve plates rims lids an handles The importe th glas jar fro Franc an Englan unti America glas an potter maker aros t suppl them. Glas manufacturer produce humidors pickl jars an ginge jar jus a opulentl designe a biscui jars Sometime the mad matchin sugar creamers an spoo holders. Th te biscuit th Victorian serve fro thei biscui jar wer no th swee treat w cal cookie today The wer mor lik ou crackers Yo ca stil bu simila cracker importe fro Englan i you grocer o departmen stor. Victoria cookbook di no eve hav sectio fo cooki recipes Th on o tw cooki recipe t b foun ar i th "Cakes sectio an ar rolle suga o molasse cookies Sinc then America cook hav take th ar o cooki bakin t it greates glory Yo ca stil star wonderfu cooki jar collectio. Collector ten t specializ becaus o th shee volum o cooki jas available Price fo potter figura jar hav soare sinc th Sotheb auctio o th Warho collection i 1988 However almos ever antiqu stor ha on o mor Victoria biscui jar fo sale True signe ar glas jar fro reputabl antiqu dealer ar expensive bu the ar wort budgetin for Afte yo kno th field yo wil seldo com hom fro fle marke withou lovely althoug modestl- priced jar An ther i alway th chanc o findin rea bargai a loca marke o garag sale Beware though cooki ja collectin i trul addictive Ou appetit fo treat o an kin cookie an th jar w kee the i ma wel remai insatiable. ##### Pleas writ m a PO 167 St Charles Illinois 60174 wit an addition o correction t th cooki ja caption i thi article woul especiall lik t kno i yo hav see an o thes jar picture i factor catalogs This i almos th onl wa t substantiat th exac make an th tim o manufacture wil incorporat suc fact i boo a writin o cooki jars. #####