Puppet
ca.1975 (made)
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Glove puppet of a white-faced Clown with carved and painted face and hands, and three tufts of chestnut brown hair carved and painted. He wears a white artificial fabric robe with a ruff of the same fabric, trimmed with red braid. His cuffs are trimmed with red and black braid and there is a blue artificial silk central panel on his robe trimmed with navy, white and red braid and two red felt 'buttons' which also feature in the flounced panel at knee-height on his robe
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Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, synthetic fabric, braid, artificial silk and felt |
Brief description | Glove puppet of a white-faced Clown. Tickner Exemplary Punch and Judy figure, made by Fred Tickner. English, ca.1975 |
Physical description | Glove puppet of a white-faced Clown with carved and painted face and hands, and three tufts of chestnut brown hair carved and painted. He wears a white artificial fabric robe with a ruff of the same fabric, trimmed with red braid. His cuffs are trimmed with red and black braid and there is a blue artificial silk central panel on his robe trimmed with navy, white and red braid and two red felt 'buttons' which also feature in the flounced panel at knee-height on his robe |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Object history | One of a set of Punch and Judy figures made by the puppet maker, Fred Tickner and presented to the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild as an exemplar |
Other number | P.12 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.556-2001 |
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Record created | October 6, 2004 |
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