Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass This charming papier-mâché sculpture of

This charming papier-mâché sculpture of Asian girl and lion-dog I believe is mid-century Japanese

which would be equally great placed on the table or hanging on the wall

This is a terrific old dark wood pie crimper or pastry wheel with a turned wood handle and handy hook on the end

next to the artist’s name is writing in pencil

I believe the upper calendar portion of the originally  9 1/2 x 4 3/4” sheet was cut off

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass This charming papier-mâché sculpture ofI'm really taken with this little papier mache doll, so finely constructed and painted, and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure!) I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls, handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s, with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time. She, in shades of white, blue and yellow,