Sweet Vintage Wooden Nesting Penguin Set - Mother + 2 Babies carved horn handle On the bottom in pencil

On the bottom in pencil is written 45 (cents

the elephants (and companion donkeys

with little carved marks all over

and others

Sweet Vintage Wooden Nesting Penguin Set - Mother + 2 Babies carved horn handle On the bottom in pencilI have to think the father of this family is permanently out getting dinner; from what I can find with a little research, this set only ever included these three! I can't find a definite date, but they feel 1940s or so to me. I personally love that there is some wear to the paint on their heads, especially on the babies, one assumes from knocking around inside their mother! I'd free them and keep them lined up as a happy family. Large one measures 3 1