| The picture below shows two larger side views of these Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Miniature Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Drink Mug & Pitcher with Insert. The miniature mug and pitcher are not dated but they are old. We do not have a Cracker Jack ID number for this prize. The earliest prizes do not have one. After the photo was taken the celluloid insert pictured inside had fallen out and was lost. Normally these type prizes that have these colored or clear fragile celluloid inserts that come loose and fall out. There are no markings on the two, and the maker is unknown. 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. Both of these miniature steins for one price! To judge the sizes, the miniature pitcher measures about 1-1/8'' tall. These appear to be in excellent or better condition as pictured. The celluloid insert in the pitcher is a little wrinkled and the mug is missing the insert as shown and described above. |
