Antique Handpainted Pale Blue Art Deco Porcelain Vanity Set with Gold Accents tiny wooden shelf in which Punch (Punchinello) was

in which Punch (Punchinello) was the trickster figure or "lord of misrule"--which this puppet surely conveys

A nicely sized

It is also reminiscent of the textile and wall paper designs of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie McIntosh

Since the publication of Calo Collidi's The Adventures of Pinocchio in Italy in 1883

with a perfect mix of scrapes

Antique Handpainted Pale Blue Art Deco Porcelain Vanity Set with Gold Accents tiny wooden shelf in which Punch (Punchinello) wasThis is about the most beautiful vanity set I can imagine! Made of fine porcelain, it includes a rectangular tray with a pair of boxes one round, one oblong all glazed a wonderful pale blue with white, black and terrific gold accents. This really makes me want to have a proper vanity, and indeed I'd love to build a whole dressing room around it just so elegant and lovely! Based on its marks (there are actually three different marks on the set), I know