Pictured is one of my favorite cookie jars. It was my Grandma Wards. Do you still use a cookie jar?...

Pictured is one of my favorite cookie jars. It was my Grandma Wards. Do you still use a cookie jar?

In America the cookie jar popularity surged during the Great Depression as American housewives began baking more at home and needed storage. the early cookie jars were simply cylindrical glass containers with metal lids, sometimes featuring simple floral patterns. The Brush Pottery Company produced the first ceramic version in 1929, a green ceramic cylinder with "Cookies" embossed on the front, leading to the creation of decorative and figural ceramic jars that became a popular collectible and are now a symbol of American kitsch.
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