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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.
Theatre and puppets of Cartelli
Theatre and puppets of Cartelli. French. Puppets have carved wooden heads (13-15 cm with neck), real hair and glass eyes, eyelet for vertical rod to head, jointed, wooden bodies about 63.5 cm high. 19 men, 8 women, 1 ghost, 1 black sorcerer, 2 Chinese dancers, 2 devil masks, and 1 face. 5 trick figures, 5 silhouette figures of magistrates, and 4 flat metal skeletons. Also, collapsible framework for theatre, proscenium, curtain and scenery. Costumes for 6 puppets only.