| The picture below shows larger views of both sides of the (2) Early Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Miniature Native American Indian Head Pot Metal Toy Prize Tobacco Pipe Charms in this lot. The prizes are not dated but they are believed to be from the 1910s to the 1930s. At least the smaller one has the Cracker Jack prize ID number: ZP-0031. They were made by the Cosmo Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. They are made of pot metal or lead with no finish, as made. These two are basically identical except for the size. Each has a Native American Indian head with a headdress. They are not real pipes. They were not made with a hole through them. Each has a charm loop on the under side. 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 other 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 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. Both of these miniature Native American tobacco pipes for one price! These measure about 1-1/8'' and 1-1/2'' long. They appear to be in mint condition as pictured. |
