Not currently on display at the V&A

Puppet

ca.1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carved wooden hobby-horse on a wooden structure. The head and neck are painted off-white with attached cotton fringing for the mane and tail and red leather strips for the harness and reins. The horse wears a mediaeval-style green velvet cloth and red felt saddle decorated with yellow zig-zag braid, black cotton braid and white rope


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Carved wood, paint, cotton fringing, leather, velvet, felt, braid and rope
Brief description
Carved wooden hobby horse, made by Walter Wilkinson. English, ca.1920
Physical description
Carved wooden hobby-horse on a wooden structure. The head and neck are painted off-white with attached cotton fringing for the mane and tail and red leather strips for the harness and reins. The horse wears a mediaeval-style green velvet cloth and red felt saddle decorated with yellow zig-zag braid, black cotton braid and white rope
Dimensions
  • Height: 36cm
  • Width: 49cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Other number
P.97 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.262-1998

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Record createdOctober 28, 2004
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