| The picture below shows a larger view of all (4) Matching 1946 Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Baby Cradle Beds in this lot. These miniature cradle beds are not dated but they were used as prizes in 1946. The Cracker Jack ID number for this prize is Z-1068 by the The Cosmo Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. Two of these are inked blue and purple, and two are painted red and silver. 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. All four of these miniature cradle beds for one price! They each measure about 1-1/8'' x 3/4'' x 1/2''. They appear to range from near mint to mint condition as pictured. |
