Painted Cardboard Candy Container Man, Presumed c. 1920s German silver-plate In broken air

In broken air

though it appears to be unsigned

and one more equidistant up from the bottom

and he's still got his pull string wrapped around his neck

8" x 9 1/2"

Painted Cardboard Candy Container Man, Presumed c. 1920s German silver-plate In broken airThough he's lost a fair amount of paint over the past 100 years or so, I really love little thing, which is an old cardboard candy container. I've learned that these were quite a thing, some made of papier mache and some of hard pressed cardboard, which I believe this is, stapled along seams on the sides and top. At the bottom is a wooden stopper, which I don't think is original, but which works just fine for the purposes of plugging the bottom and