Franciscan Desert Rose Cookie Jar
Updated September 5, 2026
| Lot number | 176 |
| Auction | Hancock Estate Auction |
| Date | September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM CDT |
| Auction house | Harrison Auction & Realtor |
| Location | Gracemont, Oklahoma |
FRANCISCAN DESERT ROSE COOKIE JAR WITH ROSEBUD FINIAL LID - INTERPACE ERA, LARGE SERVING SIZE One of the most sought-after pieces in the entire Franciscan Desert Rose line, this large lidded cookie jar stands about 10-1/4 inches tall and carries the pattern's hand-painted decoration in an unusually generous scale. The barrel-shaped body swells from a narrow foot to a broad shoulder and is decorated all the way around with a continuous brown thorny branch bearing big two-tone green leaves, fully opened pink wild roses with dotted yellow centers, and large closed pink buds, all in raised relief under a glossy cream glaze. The domed lid repeats the leafy vine around its edge and is crowned with a hand-modeled, hand-painted pink rosebud finial rising from a green sepal collar - the detail that makes this form instantly recognizable and that also makes intact examples harder to find. The jar bottom carries the Franciscan Interpace-era dotted oval backstamp with the OVEN SAFE, COLOR FAST line. Cookie jars are the top shelf of a Desert Rose collection, and this one coordinates with the Desert Rose dinner plates, bowls, cup and saucer sets, gravy boat, platter, and other serving pieces offered in this auction. Excellent as a working kitchen canister or as the centerpiece of a china cabinet or open shelf display. Sold as one piece with its lid, two parts total. Description Large lidded cookie jar in the Franciscan Desert Rose pattern, glazed earthenware, with its original matching lid Form: tall barrel or ovoid body on a narrow recessed foot, wide sloping shoulder, straight collared mouth with a seat for the lid, and a low domed lid with a molded, hand-painted rosebud finial on a green sepal collar Measures approximately 10-1/4 inches tall overall including the lid and finial, per the tape-measure photographs, with the hook set on the tabletop and the tape run vertically alongside the jar Mouth opening measures approximately 5 inches across per the tape laid over the rim; the body's widest diameter and the lid's diameter were not measured with the tape. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs Decoration wraps the full circumference: continuous olive-brown thorny branch, broad green leaves in two tones with darker green shading, at least two fully opened five-petal pink roses with elongated yellow centers dotted in dark brown, and several large closed pink buds, all in raised relief Lid decoration: green leaves and a brown-green vine following the outer edge, with a fully sculpted pink rosebud finial at the center Interior is plain glazed cream, unmarked and undecorated Underside is glazed with a recessed foot and small round stilt or kiln-support points, which are normal firing artifacts of the manufacturing process rather than damage Backstamp on the jar bottom, photographed close up, is the brown dotted oval with the script Franciscan over EARTHENWARE, a small at upper left and at upper right inside the oval, INTERPACE fai
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