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Artist/Maker	Tickner, Fred (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Glove puppet of the Beadle with carved and painted face and hands, and fur fabric hair. He wears a black felt hat, trimmed with silver braid, two metal buttons and a red strip of fabric simulating a cockade, and a blue artificial fabric robe trimmed with red braid down the front and red fabric edging the collar and cuffs. The robe has five silver buttons

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read "That's the way to do it!" A history of Punch & Judy Punch and Judy is the traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. An archetypical and controversial British figure with his origins in the charismatic 16th century Italian puppet Pulcinella, Mr Punch has been performing in the UK for over 350 years.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Puppetry
Object type	Puppet
Materials and techniques	Carved wood, paint, fur fabric, felt, synthetic fabric, braid and metal Wood Paint Fur Fabric Felt Synthetic Fabric Silver Braid Braid Metal Carving Painting Sewing
Brief description	Glove puppet of the Beadle. Tickner Exemplary Punch and Judy figure, made by Fred Tickner. English, ca.1975
Physical description	Glove puppet of the Beadle with carved and painted face and hands, and fur fabric hair. He wears a black felt hat, trimmed with silver braid, two metal buttons and a red strip of fabric simulating a cockade, and a blue artificial fabric robe trimmed with red braid down the front and red fabric edging the collar and cuffs. The robe has five silver buttons
Dimensions	Height: 45cm
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.14 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.558-2001

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Record created	October 7, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106066/puppet-tickner-fred/

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