Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet satin glaze but his human friend is

but his human friend is looking like he may have been through a bit of a hard time as well

is signed at the bottom but I am uncertain of its maker

invented in 1808 in Lyon

I had not seen a box like this one before I found it

it would be quite a thing to pour from

Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet satin glaze but his human friend isThat face! Everything about this homely monkey hand puppet seems just to cry out "love me!," and the fact that he seems to have had a pretty rough life pulls at my heart strings even more. I believe his head is made of plaster, which has some small chips in it, and from which some of the brown paint has worn off. His body is sewn of flannel, with a few spots and stains and one loose seam at the neck, but very soft and still holding together everywhere