		DonnaW	It is painted with cold paint. In the 1930's these cookie jars were decorated over glaze with cold paint but in the 1940's they stopped useing cold paint.
		jimvoves	The jar is very cool but, it is not the jar but what is inside that counts, Gramma's cookies. The only bears we have around here play on a field on Sundays
		celticvoice	This is very cool. I remember when Aunt Jemima was dark, and got lighter and lighter and lighter . . . What is COLD pint, BTW? I know Roger is right down by the Ohio - must be more humid too?
		celticvoice	cold paint oops!
		celticvoice	SO if its acrylic then you could restore it if you wanted too? Intersting! "Cold" because it didn't need to be fired . . . lots of enamel model paint available today too, or can put a glossy coat on acrylic . . .