Commedia dell’arte figures
Glass Dictionary
(from Italian) Figures representing the 16 characters in Italian commedia dell’arte, a theatrical genre that was especially popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Flameworkers made models of these figures, often copying illustrations in Lelio Riccoboni’s Histoire du théâtre italien (1728-1731).
Alternate Spellings:
Commedia dell’arte figure