Marvelous Antique Puppet with Carved, Painted Wooden Head on Post pocket signal disk but it is really fantastic

but it is really fantastic

and the painting itself is in great condition

Almost everything about this one

but when I purchased this one at an antiques store in New Hampshire was told that with bristles this long it is actually a clothes brush

all hand-embroidered

Marvelous Antique Puppet with Carved, Painted Wooden Head on Post pocket signal disk but it is really fantasticI've always got an eye out for great puppets, but rarely come across one I like as much as this guy, I'm guessing from a Punch and Judy set, early 20th century or so. What a beauty of a face, with this prominent nose, open mouth, and huge eyes, looking a mix of surprised and anxious, as if about to have to fend off something or someone! His carved wooden head is attached to a wooden post, which is covered by his hand sewn outfit, terminating in