Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet sterling silver Presumed mid-century

Presumed mid-century

with a 1 1/2” inch sewn loop at the top for easy hanging from a dowel

as a bowl (for halloween candy

and skiers

This couple seem very empathetic indeed

Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet sterling silver Presumed mid-centuryThis crazy face! How not to love??!! I don't know much about the origins of this vintage handmade painted papier mache and cloth Punch doll puppet, but I sure wish I'd had him when I was a kid doing puppet shows, as he would have made a great protagonist or antagonist in many a drama. Punch and Judy has roots in 16th century Italian commedia dell'arte, in which Punch (Punchinello) was the trickster figure or "lord of misrule" which this puppet surely