Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet green frog pitcher a student of Michael Cardew

a student of Michael Cardew

5 3/4 inches long

What a charming teapot

and Walker Art Center

5" wide x10” tall x

Handmade Vintage Papier Mache and Cloth Punch Puppet green frog pitcher a student of Michael CardewThis 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