Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform wood frog They are hand numbered in

They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 10

standing for its maker

particularly round the edge of the lid

made all the greater by its relation to this little landscape and tiny house

framed by more sticks and bits

Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform wood frog They are hand numbered inI think the carved and painted face on this guy is just terrific, perhaps all the better for missing what I believe was once a glued on nose! He looks about as good natured as a fellow could be, and with that big smile, large ears, and Frankenstein like nails right above the ears (wrapped with thread), he looks like a bit of a goofball too! Definitely a marionette, with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out