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Puppet

1963 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pelham Puppets was a hugely popular British toy making company set up in 1947 by Bob Pelham in Malborough, Wiltshire. From 1947 to the closure of the business in 1993 they made thousands of different characters and ranges of puppets for children including hand and marionette varieties.

Pelham puppets used simple construction methods, materials and influences that reflected the decades in which they were made. Pelham puppets often took influence from popular fairy tales and stories for their puppets. This particular puppet depicts a baby bear, probably related to Goldilocks and the three bears.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Puppet
  • Box
  • Box
Brief description
Baby bear puppet marionette made by Pelham Puppets Ltd., complete with original coloured box, ca.1963.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.2cm
  • Length: 32.8cm
  • Width: 10.4cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Penny Kelly and Thomas Witham-Kelly
Summary
Pelham Puppets was a hugely popular British toy making company set up in 1947 by Bob Pelham in Malborough, Wiltshire. From 1947 to the closure of the business in 1993 they made thousands of different characters and ranges of puppets for children including hand and marionette varieties.

Pelham puppets used simple construction methods, materials and influences that reflected the decades in which they were made. Pelham puppets often took influence from popular fairy tales and stories for their puppets. This particular puppet depicts a baby bear, probably related to Goldilocks and the three bears.
Collection
Accession number
B.248:1 to 3-2009

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Record createdMarch 1, 2010
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