Mine appear identical to those pictured in the link. They are smaller than some panniers I have seen but work well for groceries on a small shopping trip and are far & away the cheapest I have found. When its raining, I fit a plastic grocery bag over the canvas pannier as the heavy vinyl outer cover doesn't protect from wheel spray.

The largest load (probably the limit for these) I have successfully carried in two panniers was a 1 gallon jug of milk in one & two cantaloupes in the one on the other side along with a pound of hamburger & some other fresh vegetables distributed within both. Two half gallon cartons of milk would have been a better fit. I'll try to add pictures with a tape measure included later today. Don

Here's the pics: they measure 9 1/2 X 9 1/2 X 5 inches. The leather is embossed with a Swiss city name plus the year of mfr. Mine are from late 70s & early 80s.

Well, I found of panniers I like very much. I think they were about $40 each, which seems high but similar to the prices I've seen on others. They are made by Inertia Designs but I couldn't find examples on their website. Here's some pics. There's the standard shot of the whole bike, the shot of DD trying to entice Carly Nicole into becoming my first passenger, and a shot of the bike with one bag open, one closed so you can see both views. Bought my first groceries last night (embarrassing to admit I bought a liter of root beer and some potato chips ) Bags worked fine, no heel bumping at all. And VERY easy to mount / dismount.

Don,

I just got an order of these and wow, the Swiss are amazing when it comes to design. It's as if these bags were made to be used as panniers. Right away I realized they're no good for real touring due to size limitations. And the more you stuff in them, the harder it is to pull that turtle shell over the canvas bag. Even more so if the items you stuff in there are not soft or squishable (like that word?). Still very cool...I'd love to know how they were originally used and what the accessories would have been on these things.
KEN

+8 years on the REI set, I have commuted about 60% of those 8 years and they have held up no problems. My haul includes a laptop backpack in one side and work cloths in the other. Use the top of the rack for a Trek Interchange trunk that has my lunch...gotta eat!