Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet inlaid wood tray but focus on the dark

but focus on the dark brown and a repeating animal motif reveals itself

with some loss of paint and assorted scuff marks

and would make a wonderful addition to any collection of fine boxes or Asiatica

Beautifully made

Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet inlaid wood tray but focus on the darkThis 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