| The picture below shows larger port and starboard views of all (4) Matching Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Miniature Nautical Toy Prize U.S. Navy Cruiser or Battleships in this lot. These ships are not dated but they are believed to be from the 1920s, prior to World War II. The Cracker Jack ID number for these, if there is one, is unknown at this time. These are inked in silver, blue, and red. 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 ships for one price! These miniature Battleship or Cruiser warships measures about 1-3/8'' x 3/16'' x 3/4''. They appear to be in near mint to mint condition, except the silver one is missing the very end of the smoke cloud as pictured. |
