RARE EARLY VINTAGE HALLOWEEN NOISEMAKER CHEIN PATENT 1906 TIN WITCH PAN CAT JOL

This seller is offering this pan noisemaker for $550. Although it is an early form, the price is about $350 too high. Chein used this same lithography on a more commonly seen tambourine. These large form factor pan noisemakers were produced during the very early 1920s, even though the patent date is 1906. It is quite nice but priced too high.

"VINTAGE HALLOWEEN~USA TIN TAMBOURINE~J. CHEIN~NO DINGS~1920'S

Here is a portion of the caption for this tambourine on page 215, "The goose's eye is either smaller or missing on those tambourines made later. So, the clearer or more prominent the eye, the earlier the tambourine was made."Chein produced this design in the 1920s, so this particular one was made in the last year or so of production.