A Rare Group of Fifteen c.1880s Marionettes From a Travelling English Troupe sub-Art & Sculpture 110 Priory Street

110 Priory Street

fancy dress parties were held for almost any occasion

she duly accepted his invitation to hang out

and the underside is stamped “A

was essentially redundant after 1917 and thus displayed between 1866 an 1917 and was obviously salvaged in 1917 when it was replaced

A Rare Group of Fifteen c.1880s Marionettes From a Travelling English Troupe sub-Art & Sculpture 110 Priory StreetOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Heights: 24 to 32 inches Other measurements available on request Used by a travelling English troupe in the late Victorian era, this charming group of fifteen marionettes (string puppets) with papier mache heads and wooden limbs comprising three clowns, a devil, a minstrel, two sailors, two jugglers, two maidens, two headless figures, a mule and a lion all having a variety of