Great Gonder! And what you can learn
(and something important I learned)
By Carol Boshears
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While a group of us was playing a cookie jar game Saturday night, at the National Cookie
Jar Show in Belleville, Illinois, I got the letter "G" to name a jar or whatever. Naturally,
being a Gonder Pottery person I said Gonder. Someone mentioned that he knows the
swirled jar with the dripped color on top. Well, that's Gonder's volcanic drip. It comes
in several colors. I asked if he also knew that the jar came with a lid that has a sleeping
puppy on top! (No, not the "Stinking" puppy we all know and love to hate.)
This indeed was a surprise to him. So I thought, maybe some of you collectors,
also don't know this and would like to be informed.
Another jar, which we have never
seen (but is in the old Gonder book) is an oaken bucket. It must be as rare as hen's teeth!
I'd also like to point out that the very rare Gonder Pirate, according to our experts, did
indeed seem to come in more than one size. Just because one may be a little smaller
doesn't necessarily mean it is a reproduction. In fact, if there were reproductions around,
I think I'd spot some of these jars somewhere!
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Oh, and yes, what I learned is very important. It's about our club's very favorite
Krispy Kreme donuts. Well, I can't get them here in the 'Burgh, but am familiar
with them from my hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Naturally, we took a bunch
home. I did savor them and found out that these things never go stale!! If it was one of
those ordinary heavy, rubbery ones, why in one or two days it would resemble a
crumpled, flat tire, but no, not my Krispy Kremes! I enjoyed them for days.
More on the Oaken Bucket Cookie Jar.
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