| The picture below shows a larger top and side views of the Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Matching Miniature Toy Prize Coffee or Tea Pot with Sugar Bowl & Creamer Set in this lot. These prizes are not dated but they are from the 1910s to the 1930s. They are made of pot metal or lead. They all have handles that could be used as a charm loop, and could be used on a charm bracelet, as pendants on a necklace, or on earrings. The Cracker Jack prize ID numbers for these, and the manufacturers are unknown at the moment. These are matching with the same design on the two sides of each. It is unknown if the pot ever had a lid or not, also if the top of the pot was round or as it is. They are not marked. The coffee or tea pot has a silvered finish, and the sugar and creamer are are darker with no finish on them. 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. These two pitchers have very similar designs on them, but they are not exactly the same. The following are included in this lot: All three of these miniatures or charms for one price! To judge the sizes, the coffee or tea pot measures about 3/4'' tall. The sugar bowl & appear to be in excellent condition, as pictured The pot and the sugar bowl have small holes on the bottom from not being fully molded. |
