drollery

n.; pl. Drolleries [ F. drôlerie. See Droll. ] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rich drollery of “She Stoops to Conquer.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [ Obs. ] Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]