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McCoy Pottery Company - Its History McCoy Pottery Company - Its History In 1910, Nelson McCoy established the Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Co. in
Roseville, OH. This area within Ohio provided a good source for natural clay and the
McCoy firm used this clay to manufacture decorative stoneware. Predominantly producing
earthenware pieces for kitchen use, the company expanded in 1925, modernizing its
production facilities. Decorative pieces were produced in addition to their
traditional kitchen items. From the 1940s to the 1960s, McCoy was best known for its production of cookie jars. The original
"Mammy" also known as the Aunt Jemima type cookie jar is arguably the most popular
with McCoy cookie jar collectors. McCoy made cookie jars from about 1939 until production ceased in 1987. The first McCoy cookie jar produced is also
one of the most valuable cookie jars in the secondary market today, called the
"Mammy" cookie jar which can be valued into the hundreds of dollars.
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