Most of these small wooden and ceramic figures were made during the 1950s, when such collectibles were most popular. Others, like the five tiny made-in Thailand Critterz” ceramics in the lower right corner of the shadow box, are of more recent vintage.
Fuzzy “Dinny” (left) the dinosaur souvenir from the Calgary Zoo, flanked by hand-carved wooden stegosaurs.
More ceramic prehistoric creatures. Some of these figures are unauthorized knock-offs made in Japan based on the earlier SRG small-series metal figures and also on larger ceramics from the mid-1950s.
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