Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet sterling silver with a 1 1/2” inch

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

Great condition

This couple seem very empathetic indeed

the dovetail box is missing the edge trim on one end of its sliding top

Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet sterling silver with a 1 1/2” inchThis 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