Complete Cookie Jar Book 3ED [Paperback]

Mike Schneider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2007

As American in origin as the totem pole, the cookie jar was born in the 1920s, grew up in the 1940s, and became highly collectible in the 1980s. Relying on more than 2,000 color photographs, Mike Schneider presents a visual and textual history of this unique kitchen art form in the largest and most thoroughly detailed work ever published on cookie jars. In addition to American pottery cookie jars, imported jars are covered, along with jars made of other media, such as glass and plastic. The only book to record the heights of jars, and to offer photographic images of marks, this classic volume serves as the collector's most complete and indispensable identification reference, and newly updated values are a tremendous help in today's market.

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About the Author

Mike Schneider is a freelance writer from Wellington, Ohio, who has published hundreds of articles on antiques and collectibles. His other works include Majolica** and Animal Figures**.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer+publishing Ltd; 3rd edition (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764313762
• ISBN-13: 978-0764313769
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,667,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mike Schneider Educates Cookie Jar Collectors, August 28, 2000

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Kathryn Lynch (Woodbridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Cookie Jar Book (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

Mike Schneider has provided an invaluable service to cookie jar collectors everywhere. Mike was the first author to include the dimensions of the cookie jars and to shoot the cookie jars from the top of the finial. With all of the reproductions out there today, it is hard for beginning collectors to know which cookie jars are original and which ones are reproduction.

Mike's innovative approach to photographing the cookie jars from the top of the finial gives collectors a whole new perspective on what the cookie jars look like and I think this is important.

Other authors of collectibles books owe Mike a debt of gratitude. His detailed descriptions of cookie jars, including their dimensions, make his cookie jar book the standard by which all collectibles books should be written. I find that many authors miss the small details when it comes to writing about their collectible of choice. Information pertaining to the year of production and the dimensions, along with the color variations it was produced in, are the key to educating collectors. Mike Schneider delivers all this and more in his book.

This is one book that no serious cookie jar collector should be without.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For collectors and curiosity seekers, January 15, 2004

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Cookie Jar Book (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

Now in its fourth edition, The Complete Cookie Jar Book by Mike Schneider is a 312-page catalogue and price guide of collectible and antique cookie jars. Filled from cover-to-cover with full color photographs illustrating each of the more than 2000 cookie jars featured, The Complete Cookie Jar Book is a superbly organized, expertly informative, and inherently fascinating resource for collectors and curiosity seekers with an interest in this traditional piece of kitchenware.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellant but not Complete, November 22, 1999

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Jay Edwards (Meridian, MS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Cookie Jar Book (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

The book is excellant on coverage of McCoy and American Bisque. However it is weak on several makers-- Sierra Vista, Metlox, Lefton etc. The pics are outstanding. I find the values assigned to be too high generally. It is a beautiful book,but there are more comprehensive books out there.