Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet vintage 80s made with a wool weft

made with a wool weft on a cotton warp

This is a gorgeous handblown Murano art glass bowl featuring exquisitely fine Zanfirico ribbons in white and a salmony-pink

Signed on the bottom

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

with some light scratching to its surface and sides

Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet vintage 80s made with a wool weftThis cat puppet! I really love it. Made in Japan, it dates I believe to the 1940s. The papier mache head is hand painted,with fantastic bright blue eyes, pink ears, black nose, and blood red mouth, matched absolutely perfectly with a body stitched together from three different striped cotton fabrics. It's best sized for a small hand, though I managed to fit mine inside, with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head. Oh, I