Gold trim that is. A gold trimmed Shawnee pottery cookie jar is the dream of many collectors. Those beautiful pieces have always been sought after and still are today, even if the cookie jar market is not as strong as it once was. But did you know how a gold trim jar came to be? Yes they are Shawnee, but not completely. Those expensive and rare pieces were actually pottery seconds, but one would be hard pressed to find the flaws today.The late Mark Supnick explained it all in an article written almost twenty years ago, but still relevant today.
Read more: One Man's Trash, Another Man's Gold
Also new this month: Starnes Pottery
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