Vintage Halloween Small Paper Mache Pulp Choir Boy Jack o Lantern, USA 1940s-50s

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Vintage Halloween Small Paper Mache Pulp Choir Boy Jack o Lantern, USA 1940s-50s:
$51.55

WelcomeFellow Vintage and Antique Halloween and Paper Ephemera Enthusiasts! Many of you know us as longtime collectorsand sellers of vintage and antique Hallowe\'en, Christmas, Valentine’s Day andEaster holiday memorabilia, antique dolls, old toys and lovely old china andglassware. We feel that wonderful change in the air! Soon it will be time for autumn … crunchyfalling leaves, crackling fires, warm apple cider, and … Hallowe\'en! Yay!For your all-year-long Hallowe\'en loving pleasure we are proud to present anabsolutely adorable small pressed paper pulp Jack o\' Lantern decoration thatwas made in America sometime during the 1940s or 1950s. Some refer to pressedpaper pulp as egg-crate material or paper or papier mache. Please meet James! This is a wonderful small-sized Jack measuring 5” tall withoutthe handle. His original paint is in a great shade of warm, rich orange andJames still retains his FRIGHTfully fabulous sheen. He also appears to retainhis original insert which Ziz believes the former owner backed with paper inorder to preserve it. If you are familiar with Jack o\' Lanterns from thisperiod, you know that many of their paper inserts darken and disintegrate with age.He has his wire bale handle as well. Interesting to note, on his underside iswritten “19” in grease pencil. This charming little fellow was most likely soldat one of those great old five-and-ten-cent stores such as Woolworths, Newberry\'s and others that many of us miss to this day.James’ original price was a whopping nineteen cents! He is in incredible, magnificent condition for his age. His original paintshows very little wear. The paper insert creating his charming and endearingexpression is complete. It has darkened attractively with age and the paperused to back it has some foxing. By the way, this design is called “Choir Boy”because he appears to be singing in celebration of All Hallows\' Eve. He wasnever used for his intended purpose. Back in the day, pressed paper pulplanterns such as James were often lit using real wax candles. GASP! However, wesee no indication that this lantern was used in this way. There is NO candlewax in his interior and there are NO burn marks whatsoever. There is typicalwear to the paint at the holes for the wire handle. This little darling is a WICKEDLY wonderful example of mid-century American Hallowe\'enat its FRIGHTfully finest. If you enjoy decorating with and/or collectingauthentic pieces of Hallowe\'en history as Ziz does, we think this adorablelittle fellow just might be the perfect acquisition for you! 🎃Please remember Ziz’s motto: Eat, Drinkand Be Scary!No BONES about it, we have gone to BAT for you and SCARED up a great dealfor true Halloween DIE-hards! There is on this GOREgeous andBOOtiful item and a DEVILishly low starting offer WITCH helps give everyone aGHOST of a chance. We keep our shipping costs low and not too GRAVE so youwon’t be COFFIN up too much money and GOBLIN up your savings, so that moneyREMAINS for future sales. To all the guys and GHOULS and daddies and MUMMIESout there, FANGS so much for reading our desCRYPTion. You don’t know HOWL muchwe appreciate you – MOURNING, noon and night! And if you’re reading this atnight, pleasant SCREAMS! Enjoy!WE LOVE OUR buyers! We are thankful for you every day. Please check out ourother sales, including Vintage Halloween Paper Mache Pulp Owl Decorationwith Glass Eyes, USA, 1923, Vintage Madame Alexander-Kins Doll, 1955-64, WalkerTurning Head, Tagged Outfit.We charge actual shipping costs with no handling fees. We’ll ship this item for$10.00 Priority Mail in the continental United States insured. The shippingcosts for this item are an estimate and may be more or less depending on yourlocation. However, if the actualshipping costs are less, we WILL refund the difference. We pack with tenderloving care, and love to combine shipping. We’re also happy to arrange for freepick-up if you can come to Lancaster PA.Please pay within 3 days of end of sale. We\'ll ship within 1 businessday of receipt of payment. Pennsylvania residents pay 6% sales tax. While weprefer to ship to the United States only, we will ship overseas to interestedcollectors – but will need to quote actual shipping costs BEFORE the end of thesale. All international sales will be shipped USPS Priority MailInternational insured. We also cannot predict other fees such as tariffs orduty taxes for each country. Oh, there’ll be spooky doings
When cometh Hallowe\'en,
With black cats loudly meowing,
And witches to be seen;
For ‘tis the night when bats careen,
And hoots the hooting owl,
While in the heavy shadows
The gray ghost slyly prowl.Happy Hallowe\'en 2015!