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Variety Club of Great Britain Join Show Business Personality of the Year

Award
1980 (awarded)
Artist/Maker
Variety Club of Great Britain (awarded by)

Variety Club of Great Britain award for Joint Show Business Personailty of 1980, awarded to Ronnie Barker, OBE. The award features an inscribed silver heart with a gondola hanging from it, mounted on a perspex base. The inscription reads ' RONNIE BARKER, OBE / Joint Show Business / Personality of / 1980'.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Entertainment & Leisure
Plastic
Metalwork
Awards
Object type
Award
TitleVariety Club of Great Britain Join Show Business Personality of the Year (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Perspex
Silver
Hammered
Brief description
Variety Club of Great Britain award for Joint Show Business Personality of 1980, awarded to Ronnie Barker OBE. Features a silver heart with a gondola hanging from it, mounted on a perspex stand and with a silver label.
Physical description
A silver heart inscribed with the details of the award, with a silver gondola hanging from it, mounted on a perspex base and with an inscribed silver label in the front.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 20.6cm
  • Whole width: 15.9cm
  • Whole depth: 77.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'RONNIE BARKER, OBE / Joint Show Business / Personality of / 1980 ' 'VARIETY CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN'
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE.
Object history
Awarded to Ronnie Barker by the Variety Club of Great Britain in 1980.
Subjects depicted
Variety Club of Great Britain
Ronald Barker
Summary
Variety Club of Great Britain award for Joint Show Business Personailty of 1980, awarded to Ronnie Barker, OBE. The award features an inscribed silver heart with a gondola hanging from it, mounted on a perspex base. The inscription reads ' RONNIE BARKER, OBE / Joint Show Business / Personality of / 1980'.
Other number
THM/407/11
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.183-2012

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Record createdMarch 12, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1244416/variety-club-of-great-britain-award-variety-club-of/
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