[Mccoypottery-talk] Stove Cookie Jar

[M. Caudill]

Helen,
The cookie jar you describe can be found on page 253 of Hanson-Nissen-Hanso=
n, Volume II.  It should be at any good library, but if you're going to col=
lect McCoy, you'll want to order a copy.  The coal bucket did not come with=
 the stove originally - it can be found on pages 288-289 of the same book. =
 Should you have bid? Depends on the price; the stove lists for $40-50 and =
the bucket for $200-300, depending on color and whether it had the kitten o=
n the coal. Also, if they were repros, no.  These kind folks can tell you w=
here to find a repro list, or search eBay for kyhillbillygal - she has a CD=
-Rom of repros.

Diane,
Someone on this list once said that the reason you will find some McCoy pie=
ces with McCoy marks and identical pieces with USA is because when the disc=
ount chains started forming (1960s), the old stores didn't like being under=
sold on McCoy, so McCoy marked the pottery sold to the discount chains with=
 USA.  Can't verify that since I wasn't involved, but it sounds reasonable.=
  I have three pot-belly stoves; two have McCoy, one USA, but the same stov=
e.
Mike