Martha's Holiday Tartar decorated vintage spice jar

Martha’s Holiday Tartar
Once a humble kitchen staple, this vintage Forbes cream tartar tin now stands as a tribute to holiday heritage. With its bold cream-and-red design and a portrait of Martha Washington herself, this piece carries the warmth of colonial kitchens and timeless traditions. A small, white-flecked green bottle brush tree rises from the top, nestled into a bed of vintage green, gold, and silver ornaments. Below the ornaments a base of silver tinsel glimmers, wrapped gently with a fine strand of red—like a ribbon passed through many careful hands.

Festive yet reserved, this 5¾ inch x 2½ inch tin is a graceful nod to Christmases gone by—one that blends American folk nostalgia with quiet sparkle. It’s a piece that feels equally at home in a historic holiday vignette, a tiered tray, or tucked on a shelf with old cookbooks or among a collection of vintage kitchen curiosities. Martha’s Holiday Tartar would be a thoughtful gift for an American history buff or a collector of presidential ephemera as well as a lover of unique, one-of-a-kind handmade décor.