Puppet
ca.1975 (made)
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Glove puppet of the Baby with carved and painted face, hands and legs, and fur fabric hair. He wears a raspberry pink corduroy hat, dark red cotton breeches checked in white and blue, and a cotton tunic patterned all over with pale green and mauve motifs within dark green curlicues on a white ground. The tunic is trimmed with red braid at the front hem and extends at the back to form a sleeve for the Professor's arm
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Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, fur fabric, cotton, corduroy and braid |
Brief description | Glove puppet of the Baby. Tickner Exemplary Punch and Judy figure, made by Fred Tickner. English, ca.1975 |
Physical description | Glove puppet of the Baby with carved and painted face, hands and legs, and fur fabric hair. He wears a raspberry pink corduroy hat, dark red cotton breeches checked in white and blue, and a cotton tunic patterned all over with pale green and mauve motifs within dark green curlicues on a white ground. The tunic is trimmed with red braid at the front hem and extends at the back to form a sleeve for the Professor's arm |
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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.13 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.557-2001 |
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Record created | October 7, 2004 |
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