Nut Cups

Excerpts from our long-established personal vintage Halloween collection representing the high watermark of condition and rarity.

We periodically add photographs as we maintain our archive.

: Complete Set of Mechanical Nut Cups, USA, Beistle, 1938. This astonishingly rare and remarkably pristine set of mechanical nut cups, issued for merely one season in 1938, is comprised of four designs. Each design has been recycled and slightly modified from the art Beistle used in their 1930 -1931 roly-poly set and 1933 rattles set. All have a mechanical action and are printed on thin flat orange paper stock. These are sizable, measuring 7” – 7.25” h x 5” w unfolded, 4.50” – 4.75” h x 3.25” l x 2.25” w, assembled, this set having never been assembled.

: Three nut cup designs, USA, Dennison, (printed name), late 1920s, 4.25″ h x 4.25″ w (unfolded). Four designs comprise a full set. These unassembled examples are in remarkable condition.

: Set of four Hallowe’en Nut or Candy Trays, USA, Beistle, (no mark), early 1920s, 5″ h x 3.25″ – 3.75″ w. Other than enveloped sets I have never seen these trays offered separately until this writing so I suspect they were made for a single season only.