Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 clay lion in a wooden canister with

in a wooden canister with a wonderful label c

but I sure wish I'd had him when I was a kid doing puppet shows

2 1/4” tall x 2 1/8” in diameter and in excellent condition

I found her at an estate sale loaded with Victorian era antiques

Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 clay lion in a wooden canister withI'm never one to pass by a charming hand puppet, and all the better to find a set of them! Here we have an elephant, cat, bird, and I'm not completely sure on the fourth one with the pink head, a pig? I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous, perhaps especially that blue elephant with long trunk and the long yellow beak of the bird. Their clothes are made of a sort of nylon, secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks. Plenty