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Burmese child's puppet, man with white painted face and black moustache. Of the simpler kind of string puppet. Wooden head, hands and feet.
Two early eighteenth-century puppets of Columbina and Florindo, from a Venetian puppet theatre. String puppet of the simpler kind.
Two string puppets of an English man and woman.
First World War French entertainer
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 puppet of a French soldier, a "poilu", of the 1914-1918 war. From a Paris puppet theatre. With hinged mouth.
Collection of Swiss "guignols"
Swiss "guignols". A collection of 16 glove puppets from a puppet theatre in Geneva. 10 figures, with carved wooden heads of 10 cm in height, 4 with waxed features over the wood. All with wooden hands, and 5 with wooden legs and feet; 2 with carved hats. One costume is marked "Jean La Garçon Boucher". Others represent a young girl, a policeman, a woman (Judy?), an 18th century gallant, etc. Three carved wooden heads, 8-13 cm high; 2 with carved hats attached: a queen, a soldier, a sailor; marked "Renée Odier".
Italian woman puppet with black lace shawl. Of a plaster-like composition with cloth joints. Strings to hands and head.
German glove puppet, with a large wooden head and hands, and goat's-hair wig.
German glove puppet, with wooden head and hands, and curly red hair beard.
String puppet of a clown, with painted white face and pointed hat. French.