Antique Swiss Boxed Set of Double-Sided Color Litho Standup Animals vintage wall pocket The basket is a terrific

The basket is a terrific large size

One interior tray shows part of the name of a cigar box from which it was constructed - Garcia & Vega

and presumably date from around the 1840s when Fitzgerald was engaged in military service

While there are lots of Scandinavian wooden Viking figures out there

Antique Swiss Boxed Set of Double-Sided Color Litho Standup Animals vintage wall pocket The basket is a terrificI've found a few others sets of stand up animals and circus performers dating to the early 20th century, but no other Swiss ones, or boxed sets like this containing so many, with what I believe is an edition number on the box. They really feel little a pretty special set. Color lithography on a nice weight cardstock, they'd be pretty great marching along the edge of a shelf or two or three, though could also be used as note cards as they feature blank