1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop guignol puppet theatre and imagine that the next

and imagine that the next thing to happen was the less fun endeavor of cleaning these little fish

) and "If you would have your business done

Overall approx 3 1/4" in diameter

with the only visible flaw being a tiny chip at the very tip of the peak of one of the dark cranes

pencil and colored pencil on lined paper

1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop guignol puppet theatre and imagine that the nextThough I didn't know it when I found him, I've since learned that this bellhop was produced in conjunction with a Philip Morris cigarette advertising campaign launched in 1933, and would once have carried either a bundle of cigarettes in one hand and a book of matches in the other (or else a cruet set; there were a couple of different versions produced, and I believe they were often displayed on hotel bars.) His baggage is long since gone, leaving his