| The picture below shows side views of the (3) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Toy Prize Horse With Rider Figures in this lot. The figures are of horses with riders. Looking closely they appear to be wearing a uniform and have hanging rifles and swords. They may be a western set or Civil War Veterans of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of The Republic). They are identical except for the color. One has a light blue inked finish, one has red ink, and the other has a silver finish. The Cracker Jack ID number for these is: Z-0966, and they were made in 1941 and 1942 by The Cosmo Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. They may be a part of a small playset. Many of the pot metal or lead prizes were manufactured by the Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois. There were other companies, including from Japan prior to World War II. Some of these type prizes were made specifically for Cracker Jack, while others were made as novelties, bought in volume, and used as prizes by The Cracker Jack Company. Pot metal or lead prizes were some of the earliest prizes that were used in Cracker Jack boxes from the 1910s to the 1940s. Many of these type prizes or novelties were also sold out of old Johnson Smith & Company catalog as well as some other early novelty catalogs, also used in fortune telling sets, and some were also sold and used as board game parts. Many of these can be found factory painted, inked, or with no finish at all. All three of these figures for one price! The figures each measure about 1-1/4'' x 1'' x 1/4''. They appear to be in mint condition as pictured. |
