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Lot 245
Antique Italian or Sicilian Rod Puppet
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th century, depicts a knight in full armor of beaten copper embellished with brass-toned paint, a velvet skirt interwoven with metallic threads is at the waist.

40 in.

Proceeds to benefit the American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina

Much fraying and loss to fabric; right arm separated and hanging by wire; metal sheathing missing from left foot.

$600 - 1,200