Antique Sicilian Opera dei Pupi Theater Marionette, ca. 1930s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The Sicilian Puppet Theater developed in the first half of the 19th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sicilian Puppet
19th Century Italian / Sicilian Large Hand-Crafted Puppet Marionette
Located in London, GB
19th Century Italian / Sicilian Large Hand-Crafted Puppet Marionette In the rare form of an Arabic clothed gentle with long turned up moustache.
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero Italy. The figure is missing both arms, its original clothing is heavily fad...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
Mid-19th Century Handcrafted Sicilian Marionette Knight
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th Century Handcrafted Sicilian Marionette Knight A mid to late 19th Century hand carved Sicilian marionette knight puppet.
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Early Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild A mid to late 19th Century hand carved Sicilian marionette knight puppet/marionette.
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Folk Art Toys
Materials
Brass
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Rare 19th Century Sicilian Commedia dell'arte Rod Puppet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great early 19th century Sicilian Commedia dell'arte rod puppet. Carved and polychrome painted wood with cloth wrapped extremities, hand sewn embroideries, inset glass eyes and a l...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Folk Art Sculptures
Antique Sicilian Italian Marionette Puppet Show Opera Stage Backdrop Painting
Unavailable
H 63 in W 79 in D 1 in
Antique Sicilian Italian Marionette Puppet Show Opera Stage Backdrop Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A national treasure in the eyes of Sicily and parts of Italy. A larger than life opera backdrop for puppet shows in the early 1920s. All the pieces were hand-painted, used for their ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Sicilian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Almost Lifesize Sicilian Soldier Marionette Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Highly decorative Sicilian marionette or puppet soldier dressed in brocade jacket and patchwork pants.
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Sicilian Puppet, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A very unusual 19th century Sicilian puppet from the "Opera di Puppi", circa 1860, depicting a knight in full armor and holding a sword.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Toys
Materials
Metal
Antique Head of a Sicilian Puppet, ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet, ca. 1900s Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet depicting a knight.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Black Forest Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ancient Sicilian Puppet, Rinaldo, Italy, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Ancient Sicilian puppet, 1940s. 74 cm tall, the work of a master puppeteer from Palermo.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Brass, Copper
Traditional Sicilian Palermo 'Opera Dei Puppi' String Puppets
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of armoured wire string puppets. You will also find these puppets in the famous theatre and museum: "Il Museo internazionale delle marionette" at Sicillie, Palermo, som...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Sicilian Folk Art More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Copper, Wire
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero, Italy. The figure is missing both arms, its original clothing is heavily faded ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero, Italy. The figures original clothing is heavily faded and worn, the head i...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero Italy. The figure is missing its right arm, its original clothing is heavily...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero, Italy. The figure is missing its left arms, its original clothing is heavily fa...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero, Italy. The figure is missing its left hand, its original clothing is heavi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Carnival Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
Rare 19th Century Sicilian Puppet
Located in Tadcaster, GB
This is a lovely example of a 19th century Sicilian puppet. It is rare to see these old examples as they were not made to stand the test of time.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian More Folk Art
Decorative basket by Fornasetti depicting Sicilian puppets from the 70s.
By Fornasetti
Located in Catania, IT
For sale is a rare and fascinating vintage basket by Fornasetti, an authentic masterpiece of twentieth-century Italian design. The object, immediately recognizable by its very lively...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Baskets
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Articulated Rod Puppet Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical 19th century antique Sicilian Commedia dell 'arte rod puppet. The vintage puppet has carved polychrome painted wood head, hands and feet with.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Other Toys
Materials
Wood
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19th Century Glazed Specimen Box Containing Wheat Agricultural Scientific Curio
$813
H 2.37 in W 8.67 in D 6.3 in
19th Century Glazed Specimen Box Containing Wheat Agricultural Scientific Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rustically produced 19th century glazed specimen box containing wheat and grain hybrids. The pine hinged box opens to reveal two glazed and segmented sections, with a painted blue...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Large Mid-Century Mermaid Wall Relief Sculpture Hand-Painted Polychrome Gilt
$2,817
H 28.75 in W 27.56 in D 7.88 in
Large Mid-Century Mermaid Wall Relief Sculpture Hand-Painted Polychrome Gilt
Located in Hannover, DE
An exceptional and highly decorative large-scale wall relief depicting a mythological mermaid, executed in the 1940s to 1950s with remarkable artistic presence and craftsmanship. Thi...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Double Doors with stained glass windows, 1st Half 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Wooden double doors with tripartite glass windows and three panels in the lower section as well as coloured glazed panes with rose decorations.
Category
Early 20th Century German Doors and Gates
Materials
Glass, Wood
Arm reliquary circa 1750 Italian Religious artifact
Located in London, GB
Arm reliquary circa 1750 Italian Religious artifact An arm reliquary (or bras-reliquaries) is a "speaking reliquary"—a sacred vessel shaped like the body part it was intended to hou...
Category
Antique 1750s Italian Georgian Religious Items
Materials
Pine
1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interested continental pewter and lead glass tanker, dated 1817 with the initials "I B" incised in the lid. The tanker is heavily Sgraffitoed with a Latin Verso, cartouches and...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Infants Coffin Casket, Carved Wood, Etched Glass, Memento Mori
$8,195
H 28.75 in W 50.79 in D 21.26 in
19th Century Infants Coffin Casket, Carved Wood, Etched Glass, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
For sale a very rare early 19th century infants coffin carrier, this would of been housed on a horse and cart hearse. The casket has a decorative wrought iron edging two thirds of th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wrought Iron
Very Large Ophtalmotrope
Located in Peekskill, NY
What is an ophthalmotrope? An ophthalmotrope is an apparatus for demonstrating the movements of the eye and the action of the different muscles which produce them, consisting essenti...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Victorian Mens Sterling Silver Skull Shirt Collar Stud Button in Fitted Box
$5,123
H 0.79 in W 2.37 in D 1.19 in
Victorian Mens Sterling Silver Skull Shirt Collar Stud Button in Fitted Box
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Victorian Mens Sterling Silver Skull Shirt Collar Stud Button with Fitted Box - Hallmarked Birmingham 1890 ?
Category
Antique 19th Century British Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
$17,744 / set
H 87.01 in W 41.34 in D 88.59 in
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style bunk beds, exclusive to La Maison London: Hand carved featuring a band of intricate laurel leaves along the side bars and hand finished to order (picture shows a pale...
Category
2010s British Louis XVI Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
$34,176
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Category
Antique 1720s Spanish Baroque Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Antique Real Size Human Skeleton
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Antique Real Size Human Skeleton. Made in resin and wood base.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Other Antiquities
Materials
Resin, Wood
Ancient Egyptian Bronze Cat Head with Scarab Beetle Detail
Located in London, GB
A finely cast ancient Egyptian bronze cat head crowned with a scarab. The triangular face, elegantly modelled with tapering muzzle, incised whiskers, and almond-shaped eyes, likely o...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Life-Size Mannequin Attributed to Francois-Pierre Guillois, Late 18th Century
$14,000
H 67 in W 29 in D 29 in
Life-Size Mannequin Attributed to Francois-Pierre Guillois, Late 18th Century
Located in Peekskill, NY
There hasn't been much information regarding this particular type of lay figure, indeed these are exceptionally rare, until fairly recently since the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Industrial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Burmese Thailand Marionette Puppet Dolls Figurative Folk Art
$1,200 / set
H 22 in W 10 in D 2 in
Pair of Antique Burmese Thailand Marionette Puppet Dolls Figurative Folk Art
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An antique pair of antique Burmese / Thailand marionette puppet dolls depicting a man and woman wearing traditional Thai silk and linen clothing. Fertility figurative folk art. A uni...
Category
20th Century Thai Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Pair Carved Wood Carousel Pigs, mid 20th century , France
Located in Buffalo, NY
Add a touch of whimsy to your space with these charming antique carousel figure's.. featuring a carved wooden pigs. Crafted with precision and mounted on a sturdy vintage industrial ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Marionette Puppets
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century Marionette Puppets A rare untouched example of two hand crafted early 19th century marionette puppets, likely to be French in origin. Their heads made from ca...
Category
Antique 1820s French Toys
Materials
Fabric, Pine, Paper
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Sicilian Puppet For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Sicilian puppet you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each Sicilian puppet for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and pine. There are many kinds of the Sicilian puppet you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A Sicilian puppet is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Sicilian Puppet?
Prices for a Sicilian puppet can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $850 and can go as high as $3,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,643.
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