“2 of a Kind” – Anthropomorphic Fruit

These five sets of different anthropomorphic fruit are all similarly in size (4'' tall), all marked Japan, all have extensive cold paint, all wearing hats, all have skin colored arms/legs.  So no doubt they are a series.  Circa 1950s.  They are also depicted on page 15 in Sylvia Tompkin's & Karen Weaver's reference book entitled Shakers Gone Wild: Anthropomorphic Salt and Pepper Shakers.