Featured World's ugliest cookie jar!

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  1. Dapunnisher

    Dapunnisher Active Member

    Hey Ceramic Fans,

    I come across this cookie jar whilst thrifting. It is soooooo ugly, it's beautiful! Puffer fish? not sure.

    The glaze is bubbly, which adds to the unusual-ness of this cookie jar.

    Measures 12" x 7" x 6 1/2"

    no identifying marks other than a date of "1970" on the bottom so i assume this was done by a hobbyist?

    Any input is greatly appreciated.

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    Dapunnisher, May 8, 2019
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  2. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    I've seen uglier cookie jars. Just sayin'.

    Looks like maybe like one of those glaze your own hobbyist pieces, with the date like that.
     
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  3. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Reminds me of a highly venomous stonefish!
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  4. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    A stonefish cookie jar! That's hilarious! Like something from Charles Addams.

    Agree on the hobbyist diagnosis.
     
    Ghopper1924, May 8, 2019
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  5. EddieG

    EddieG Active Member

    I have a white one.I thought they were Carp or Gold fish.
     
    EddieG, May 8, 2019
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  6. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    Is that really a cookie jar??? (How unappetizing!)

    It looks more like something to serve fish stew!
     
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  7. EddieG

    EddieG Active Member

    Thats what my friend says they are.A soup Tureen.
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I like it; it's so bad it's good. Some aquarium or other fish freak would love it.
     
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  9. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    The 1970 might also be a mold number? Sounds like there is more than one of these out there.
     
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  10. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    I agree it is off beat and probably not for cookies, except goldfish snacks.
     
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  11. axelrich

    axelrich Active Member

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  12. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Bloody Hell...at least that'd help with the diet and put you off of eating...
     
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  13. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    JUST MAYBE it's to help keep little hands OUT of the 'cookie jar', if that's what it is!!!! Agree....kind of UN-appetizing!!!:dead:
     
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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Wouldn't work on me!
     
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  15. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Yes, it's definitely "grandmajolica". What horrors lurk when you turn bored housewives loose with green ware and a shelf full of glazes.
     
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