WITCH Hand Puppet Thuringia Workshop ~ 1960s egg cozy

WITCH Hand Puppet Thuringia Workshop ~ 1960s egg cozyGermany is recognized worldwide as home to one of the most creative wooden toy industries in Europe. And this Witch hand puppet comes right from Thuringia, a place bordered by Bavaria and near Sonneberg, known as a toy town! Its wooden head is beautifully hand painted and has a very sweet expression. The body has a felt costume with turned wooden hands and feet. This small sized puppet was handcrafted during the 60s and was likely made for the young

Animal puppets by Lotte Sievers-Hahn are rare

Forester is very well made and fits an adult hand nicely

There are some bald spots and an old repair on the side seam

This toy is likely an early model

Its mysterious expression with an extra long mouth is adorable

Mr Punch has wooden feet and his legs are filled with excelsior (wood wool)

Made of printed and laminated stiff paper

This handsome Grandfather Hand Puppet is a 1930s rarity developed by the creative hands of workers from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

is adorable

Tramp has a fabric body and oversized carved wooden hands

Size: 16in/41 cm tall

fabric discoloration