Not currently on display at the V&A

Puppet

mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker

Small marionette of a policeman with ruddy cheeks and a handlebar moustache. He has a carved and painted head, hands, lower arms, legs and boots and a carved helmet integral to the head. He wears a blue cotton uniform jacket and trousers and carries a black-painted wooden truncheon in his right hand. His left sleeve is missing. His belt buckle and right cuff are of painted paper. Attached to a wooden control bar


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Carved wood, paint, cotton, paper and string
Brief description
Marionette of a Policeman. Mayhew Puppet Theatre. English, mid 20th century
Physical description
Small marionette of a policeman with ruddy cheeks and a handlebar moustache. He has a carved and painted head, hands, lower arms, legs and boots and a carved helmet integral to the head. He wears a blue cotton uniform jacket and trousers and carries a black-painted wooden truncheon in his right hand. His left sleeve is missing. His belt buckle and right cuff are of painted paper. Attached to a wooden control bar
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Object history
This puppet, S.589-2001, and S.591 - S.593-2001 were made for a production called Harlequinade
Other number
P.262 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.590-2001

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Record createdOctober 18, 2004
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