Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet green frog pitcher It measures 2 1/8ʺin diameter

It measures 2 1/8ʺin diameter and 4 1/4" tall

5 3/4 inches long

"Made in Japan" stamped on the bottom

frame opening: 3 1/2" x 5"

a student of Michael Cardew

Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet green frog pitcher It measures 2 1/8ʺin diameterThis 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