| The picture below shows larger front and back views of all (5) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Sports Toy Prize Football Items in this lot. The Cracker Jack prize ID numbers for these prizes are unknown. They are believed to be from the 1930. There are (3) miniature football player figures. Two have their original paint in red and light blue paint, and no has no finish. There is a brown painted football, and a football charm with no finish, for a charm bracelet, earring, or a necklace pendant. 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 five of these for one price! To judge the sizes, the miniature playset figures each measure about 5/8'' x 3/4'' x 5/16''. They all appear to be in excellent or better condition as pictured. |
