I have a Helen Hutula TAT-L-TALE cookie jar that I believe is from the 1930’s.
She is wearing a pink polka dot skirt and has a blue and white apron with flowers and white polka dots. She is posed as if shaking her finger in a scolding manner. Apparently this cookie jar made a sound when opening it; that portion is intact but does not work.
There are no chips or scratches but the finish has a somewhat visible crackled look to it, although it is smooth to the touch.
The bottom of the cookie jar indicates: TAT-L-TALE, handpainted; Original; and the name Helen.
It belonged to my husband’s grandmother and I am trying to find out what the value of it is, as well as what year it was made.
Thank you both for taking the time to provide some info!!
Some additional description on the cookie jar is that she has brown hair and a mainly white with some blue kerchief. She has a pink and white bow in the back of her head and a painted ponytail.
Her blouse is white short-sleeves with 3 blue buttons … and a 4th button that is unbuttoned and just shows the buttonhole. She also has nailpolish on!!
The cookie jar is 12″ in height and approximately 28″ in diameter at its widest point (the skirt).
While I have no intention to sell it I would love to gather as much accurate info that I can, which I’ll store inside it. This way as it gets passed down the family line others can share in its history and value.
To think my husband almost threw it away when we came across it at his grandmother’s almost 30 years ago. For some reason I was drawn to it and decided to keep and display it!! I can only wonder what we actually did throw away now looking back!!