| The picture below shows a larger side view of the (2) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Toy Prize Sugar Bowls in this lot. These prizes are not dated but they are from the 1910s to the 1930s. They are made of pot metal or lead. They both have handles that could be used as a charm loop, and could be used on a charm bracelet, as pendants on a necklace, or on earrings. The Cracker Jack prize ID numbers for these, and the manufacturers are unknown at the moment. These have different designs on the two sides of each. It is unknown if the sugar bowls ever had a lid or not. They are not marked. The top sugar bowl has blue paint, and the other sugar bowl was once inked blue. The brown spot on the base was just a small piece of paper, and it was removed after the photo was taken. 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 metal sugarbowls for one price! To judge the sizes, the larger sugar bowl measures about 3/4'' tall. The top one appears to be in mint condition, as pictured. The larger sugar bowl has a small crack on the base. |
