A Rare Group of Fifteen c.1880s Marionettes From a Travelling English Troupe sub-Art & Sculpture is sturdy and strong with

is sturdy and strong with a very small amount of old woodworm

and strong colour palette of these provincial naïve oils creates a much-desired and very distinctive aesthetic

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

The five foot wide heavyset library or centre table

A Rare Group of Fifteen c.1880s Marionettes From a Travelling English Troupe sub-Art & Sculpture is sturdy and strong withOrigin: 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