could these be unmarked fontanini? about 3 inches tall...vibrant colors

[sheilasday]

hi    any info or  id on these  nativity  figures

have  not see the boy with apples  or the  boy   with   horn...before  

all marked on bottom  with   made in   ITALY

are these  paper  mache?   appears to be green paper on  bottoms  and  are  hollow  as seen in  one  without  the  bottom  paper.....not sure  if the  animals  originated  with the rest of the figures.....they say  Italy on  bottom

any info on  maker  circa  value  etc  appreciated   Sheila  

[sheilasday]

a  few  more  photos …..a wire inside of one on the damaged  animals  leg....paper mache or another  material  ?   thank you

[wvsphinxlady]

I believe they probably are early Fontanini, quite possibly paper mache. I would guess their age to be late 1940’s early 1950’s since I have some from the same time period and was told that was when they were bought.