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 many other different 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 from old Johnson Smith & Company catalogs 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. Of the eight prizes in this lot, only one (row #1 - #3) is inked blue. All of the others have no finish on them. The two larger horse shoes are marked “GOOD LUCK”.

All eight of these miniature Horse figure stud buttons and charms for one price! To judge the sizes, the top left horseshoe charm here measures about 3/4'' x 1-1/16''. These appear to vary from good to mint condition, as pictured. The button on the back of the inked one was not formed when made. The bottom right horseshoe button is missing the button from the back.