String puppets of papier-mâché by Rosalynde Osborne Stearn. For a puppet production of "The Clouds" by Aristophanes. 1. Socrates. 35.5 cm.

2. Strepsiades. 38 cm.
3. Phidippides. 38 cm.
4. Pasias. Modelled by Jean McErvel.
5. Amynias. Modelled by Dorothy Matheson. 41 cm.
6. Unjust Logic. 30 cm.
7. Just Logic. 38 cm.
   8-9. Two pupils of Socrates. 30 cm.
   10-11. Two pupils of Socrates. 38 cm.
   12-13. Two clouds. 38 cm.
   14-15. Four clouds, two together. 41 cm.

String puppet of a French entertainer of troops in the First World War. From a Paris puppet theatre of the time. With hinged mouth.

String puppets by Rosalynde Osborne Stearn.
1-2. Two ballet dancers. 41 cm.

3. Liza. 61 cm.
4. Monkey.
5. Cat playing fiddle.

Contains five theatrical portraits, coloured, tinselled and framed, including:

1. Mr. Cobham as Richard the Third. 6 x 9 inches.
2. Mr. Payne as Robin Hood. London, A. Park, 1839. No.120. 8 x 10 inches.
3. Mr. Macready as Rob Roy Macgregor. London, A. Park. No.9, new. 9 x 11 inches.
4. Mrs. Egerton as Helen Macgregor. London, A. Park. No. 10, new. 9 x 11 inches.
5. Mr. Kean as Rolla. Marks fecit. 8 x 11 inches.

Modern American rod puppets by Marjorie Batchelder [corrected from Paul McPharlin]. 1. Don Quixote. 63.5 cm. 2. Rosinante. 46 cm high. 3. Sancho Panza. 53 cm. 4. Dapple. 35.5 cm high.

Includes two sheets with pantins:

1. A French mid-eighteenth century paper "pantin", or jumping-jack, of a male dancer. Uncut, hand-coloured engraving, 8 ½ inches across, 11 ½ inches high.
2. Another o f the same type, of Pierrot. 9 ½ x 12 ½ inches.

A French Polichinelle of the simpler kind of string puppet.

A French Polichinelle of the simpler kind of string puppet, from the Cabotins de Villers-Bretonneux.

String puppet of a French soldier, a "poilu", of the 1914-1918 war. From a Paris puppet theatre. With hinged mouth.

German glove puppet, with a large wooden head and hands, and goat's-hair wig.