Steamship..!

[mmocha2905]

Found at late 1800s, early 1900s cellar. Little decorative piece...

 

[LauraLou56]

Found at late 1800s, early 1900s cellar. Little decorative piece...

Okay, this is adorable. Love the little steamship.

 

[Mackaydon]

Looks like the Monopoly game piece: Battleship.
Some history: The Battleship game piece was introduced in 1937, two years after the first Monopoly game set was issued in 1935.
Don in SoCal

 

[ArfieBoy]

Cool ship. Good find.

 

[oldmxrat]

That's really cool, congrats!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[The Rebel]

Cool find!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Neat little find.

 

[Silvermonkey]

What a fun and different kind a find. Nicely done!

 

[Red-Coat]

Looks like the Monopoly game piece: Battleship.
Some history: The Battleship game piece was introduced in 1937, two years after the first Monopoly game set was issued in 1935.
Don in SoCal

Cool little battleship, but I've never seen a Monopoly piece with smoke coming from the funnel. I'm more inclined to believe this seller, who says it's a crackerjack prize from DOWST (ie Dowst Brothers / Dowst Manufacturing Co. of Chicago):

Pardon Our Interruption...

Not sure about the claimed 1924 date. One of the Dowsts’ early clients in Chicago, a Norwegian named Ole Odegard, was the proprietor of the Flat Iron Laundry at 3629 N. Halsted Street. He requested they make him a unique metal charm for his business - one he could give to patrons to earn their loyalty. The Dowsts obliged, crafting several tokens that included a flat-iron (for obvious reasons), a tiny thimble, and - for reasons lost to time - a wee Scottie dog (all of which were also emblems subsequently used in the Monopoly set). These tokens were eventually produced in such large numbers, and given away so liberally, that they took on a new life of their own, often used as makeshift pieces in primitive board games of the late 19th and early 20th century.

in 1926, Theodore Dowst agreed to sell the company to one of its longtime Chicago trinket rivals, the Cosmo MFG Co. - makers of the miniature toys in Cracker Jack boxes. The new combined entity was named the Dowst Manufacturing Company.

 

[Nathan W]

That's awesome, you don't find that everyday

 

[mmocha2905]

Cool little battleship, but I've never seen a Monopoly piece with smoke coming from the funnel. I'm more inclined to believe this seller, who says it's a crackerjack prize from DOWST (ie Dowst Brothers / Dowst Manufacturing Co. of Chicago):

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Pardon Our Interruption...

Not sure about the claimed 1924 date. One of the Dowsts’ early clients in Chicago, a Norwegian named Ole Odegard, was the proprietor of the Flat Iron Laundry at 3629 N. Halsted Street. He requested they make him a unique metal charm for his business - one he could give to patrons to earn their loyalty. The Dowsts obliged, crafting several tokens that included a flat-iron (for obvious reasons), a tiny thimble, and - for reasons lost to time - a wee Scottie dog (all of which were also emblems subsequently used in the Monopoly set). These tokens were eventually produced in such large numbers, and given away so liberally, that they took on a new life of their own, often used as makeshift pieces in primitive board games of the late 19th and early 20th century.

in 1926, Theodore Dowst agreed to sell the company to one of its longtime Chicago trinket rivals, the Cosmo MFG Co. - makers of the miniature toys in Cracker Jack boxes. The new combined entity was named the Dowst Manufacturing Company.

Nice, I didn't even think of researching this at all, thanks for the cool info!!

 

[jewelerguy]

I agree with Red Coat that it's a 1920's cracker jack prize

 

[Digger RJ]

Found at late 1800s, early 1900s cellar. Little decorative piece...

Nice!!! Congrats!!!