Did McCoy ever make a Little Red Riding Hood cookie jar?
I was told it did not. A. McCoy pottery was made at the Nelson McCoy Pottery Co. in Roseville, Ohio. McCoy made cookie jars from the 1920s until 1990, when the factory closed, but it never made Little Red Riding Hood cookie jars. Many McCoy reproductions and fakes are on the market, and some of them are marked “McCoy.” So if you have a Little Red Riding Hood cookie jar, it’s not “the real McCoy.” Q. I just purchased a Henry Boker scale and would like some information about it. It has a brass scale chart, two iron rings and two hooks. A. Your scale was made in Germany by Henry Boker sometime between the 1830s and 1880s. Originally, hunters and fur traders used it to weigh hides, but it was later used to weigh cotton bales and other products. The small hook can hold up to 40 pounds and the larger up to 360 pounds. A Boker scale can sell for $100 or more. Q. I have a large brass belt buckle that reads on the back “Tiffany” and “Rare Stones.” It pictures Barnum & Bailey’s 1908 circus. I wa
