Rare (and Best!) Much Loved Old Black and White House Blocks Papier Mache puppets Giraffe: 10 3/8" t x

Giraffe: 10 3/8" t x 6:" l

including for the fact that it looks quite a bit like our gentle

where its occupants fended off bandits and desperadoes as it travelled to and fro

and most of all the dramatic gesture of the central warrior captured mid-air as he leaps onto the horse of the cavalry soldier

It is signed on the bottom with what appears to read P

Rare (and Best!) Much Loved Old Black and White House Blocks Papier Mache puppets Giraffe: 10 3/8" t xI'm forever on the hunt for blocks like these, having found a few similar sets in the past and thinking them the most satisfying ones ever, but they are rare to find. This bunch, likely once part of a larger set, have been played with a lot, with scuffs and scratches and dings all over, but I find them very beautiful still and, among them, one small block penciled lightly with a window to more or less mimic the others. With two plain white (ish) sides