| The picture below shows views of both sides of this Rare Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Bicycle with Moving Wheels. The pedals do not move, but both wheels roll. The miniature bicycle has the original red and black paint. 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 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. The miniature bicycle measures about 1-5/16'' x 7/8'' x 1/4''. The bicycle appears to be in excellent condition, but upon very close inspection, there is a crack in the frame below the handle bars as pictured. |
