Lot 041 - Vintage Papier-Mache / Paper Pulp Halloween Grimacing Furrowed Brow Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Lantern with Original Faded Paper Insert, 4-1/4" H

Lot 041 - Vintage Papier-Mache / Paper Pulp Halloween Grimacing Furrowed Brow Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Lantern with Original Faded Paper Insert, 4-1/4" HVintage papier mache pulp Halloween Jack O Lantern lantern. The molded figure depicts a grinning pumpkin face with furrowed brow ridges, cut out eyes and nostrils, and an open mouth. The body has molded pumpkin ridges with orange paint transitioning to green at the top rim. The interior contains an original paper face insert with printed concentric bullseye eye designs in blue and yellow and a yellow teeth pattern visible through the openings. The

echoing motifs found on larger headstones

corn stalk badly damaged

consistent with hand-carved devotional work

relating to World War Two

He has played much excellent cricket

Scales and Sword

Smaller antique engraved portrait of Henry Bennet

They were made in the USA and bear the Syroco Wood paper label and copyright symbol They are in good condition with some minor chipping and wear typical of age and use

Features a hand-drawn comic pencil sketch of a Victorian gentleman smoking

which has been painted over

partially printed and completed in manuscript with names of non-commissioned officers and privates (8" x 11")

Pages exhibit foxing and toning throughout