| The picture below shows larger side views of all (4) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Miniature Metal Toy Prize Native American Indian & Horse Figures in this lot. Two of the figures are Western Native American Indians riding horses, and two are standing or walking. They are painted in yellow, red, green, and brown. These one sided figures are made of a painted cast metal, perhaps lead, pot metal or aluminum. 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 figures for one price! To judge the sizes, the figures on horseback each measure about 1-3/8'' x 1-5/16'' x 5/15''. These appear to vary from excellent to mint condition with only light wear to some paint as pictured. |
