An Endearing Vintage Straw Filled Sooty Glove Puppet sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is another much smaller

There is another much smaller crack near to edge whilst the mirror plate is in good order and the whole in nice original condition with a simply outstanding colour and patination to the mahogany

where windows tended to be larger than in southern Europe

and more figurative carvings attached to the sides of the portal

showing various aspects of the circus across America from the turn of the century all the way through to the 1980s

with the latter colour returning to make up the border

An Endearing Vintage Straw Filled Sooty Glove Puppet sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is another much smallerOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 Width: 5 inches (at base) Length: 8. 5 inches Composed in fur, with a straw filled head, glass eyes and stitched snout, this delightful sooty puppet was made by Chad Valley in the 1950s. He is quite well worn overall but remains a real charm. Sooty, the loveable and well known bear who appeared on British TV from 1952 to 1992, was a hand puppet operated by the amateur