The picture below shows a larger view of all (21) Different Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Toy Prizes in this lot. These were used as prizes in boxes of Cracker Jack boxes from the 1910s to the 1940s. There is a wide variety of items included here. Please see the list below. A few of these have some old paint, or a silvered finish, but many have no finish as made. Many of the early pot metal or lead prizes were manufactured by Dowst (Samuel Dowst), or the Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois, but there were other companies in the United States, and including ones from Japan and Germany prior to World War II as well. Some of these type prizes were made specifically for Cracker Jack, while others were made as small 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 late 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. They are all original. All twenty-one of these old prizes for one price! To judge the sizes the “GOOD LUCK” horse shoe charm (center bottom) measures about 1'' tall. These items appear to range from good to mint condition as pictured. Included in this lot are the following items:
Miniature Airplane Miniature Military Airplane Lion Figure Doll or Baby Figure Whistle Liberty Bell Charm “GOOD LUCK” Horse Shoe Charm Smoking Pipe with Native American Indian (no charm loop) Smoking Pipe with Horse Smoking Pipe Charm (larger) Smoking Pipe Charm (smaller) Cow Figurine Ladies Purse Charm Cat Charm Rabbit Charm Revolver Pistol Gun Trumpet Horn Charm Mason Trowel Tool Charm Top Hat Shoe Charm Wheelbarrow |