| The picture below shows larger front and back views of all (3) Different Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Chairs in this lot. These miniature chairs are not dated but they are old. We do not have a Cracker Jack ID number for these prizes. The earliest prizes do not have one. The center one has no finish and it is not marked. The left one has no finish and it is marked “JAPAN”. The right one is copper or gold colored with a light green celluloid seat. It is marked “JAPAN”. The makers for these are is unknown. 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 three of these miniature chairs for one price! To judge the sizes, the center chair measure about 5/8'' x 15/16'' x 7/8''. They appear to be in near mint to mint condition as pictured. |
