Some vintage cookie jars are worth far more than you'd expect. Here are nine collectible jars that could fetch a small ...

History: The first cookie jars were probably cylindrical “biscuit jars” made of metal, glass or hand-painted porcelain in 19th Century England. Unlike today’s jars, early canisters were nondescript, ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: I am enclosing a picture of a cookie jar, cream pitcher and salt and pepper shakers. I know them as “Puss ‘n Boots.”The shakers are missing their corks, but the pieces are in ...