Drollery, n.; pl. Drolleries.
Etymology: [F. drôlerie. See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." Macaulay.
2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for drollery; he lists it under wit.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.