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

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

but them M seems slightly different than his

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

and more recently for Pukeberg and Rejmyre glass works

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