A Group of Papier-Mâché Holiday Articles

A Group of Papier-Mâché Holiday Articles

Early 20th Century

comprising a cat-form jack o'lantern, a pumpkin-form jack o'lantern with insert, two turkey candy canisters, a lithograph on tin jack o'lantern clapper marked M.B. Co. Copyrighted to each face, and a miniature bucket of American flags; 6 items total.
Height of taller turkey 12 inches x width 8 inches.

Property from the Dean Lower Estate, Lanark, Illinois American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
In overall fine and stable condition.

Lanterns: wax residue to interior consistent with use. Wear/paint loss to exterior, seemingly with some retouching to the lower edge of the cat example.

Barrel of flags: looseness/wobbling to staves. Staining, fading, and fraying to many of the flags, some with holes. Many of the sticks with breaks or repairs, resulting in irregularity in lengths.

Turkeys, clapper: light surface wear commensurate with age and use. Larger turkey with some paint touch ups.