Q. I read your newspaper column about a Smiley cookie jar, described as a pig wearing a scarf around his neck and trousers. We have a "lady" version. She's wearing a dress with a peach collar and a hat with…
Q: You recently answered a question about a Shawnee Pottery Smiley Pig cookie jar wearing overalls decorated with red flowers and green circles. My Smiley Pig is also marked 'Shawnee U.S.A.,' but he's wearing a green scarf and brown overalls…
Q: Could you tell me something about my Little Bo Peep pitcher? It is in the shape of a little girl with big eyes looking upward. She's wearing a yellow and blue dress, a blue cap, and a pink shawl…
Q: My mother died recently and wanted me to have her cookie jar. She always called it 'Winnie.' For at least 60 years, it sat on top of her refrigerator. It's marked 'USA' on the bottom and still has the…
Q. Can you tell me anything about this flower holder, which I found it at an estate sale. It's marked "601 RumRill" on the bottom. A. In the early 1930s, George Rumrill (1891-1943), a pottery salesman from Little Rock, Arkansas,…
Miniature oil-burning lamps with glass chimneys, manufactured in the United States from about 1875 to 1925, are popular with collectors. Genuine old lamps as well as reproduced lamps may have new replacement burners, and some new lamps have burners removed…