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Variety Club award for BBC TV Personality of the Year

Award
1974 (awarded)
Artist/Maker
Variety Club of Great Britain (awarded by)

Variety Club of Great Britian award for BBC TV Personality of 1974, presented to Ronnie Barker. The award features an inscribed silver heart sitting on a black velvet base with a silve inscibed label across the bottom. The inscriptions read ' RONNIE BARKER / BBC TV Personality / of / 1974' and 'VARIETY CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN'.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Metalwork
Awards
Object type
Award
TitleVariety Club award for BBC TV Personality of the Year (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Velvet
Silver
Hammered
Brief description
Variety Club of Great Britain award for BBC TV Personality of 1974, featuring a silver inscribed heart mounted on a black velvet mount.
Physical description
A silver heart inscribed with the details of the award sitting on a black velvet mount and with an inscribed silver label in the front.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 1cm (approx.)
  • Whole width: 14.2cm (approx.)
  • Whole depth: 16.8cm (approx.)
Marks and inscriptions
'RONNIE BARKER / BBC TV Personality of / 1974' 'VARIETY CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN'
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 ini 1974. The award came to the V&A as part of the Ronnie Barker Collection.
Subjects depicted
Variety Club of Great Britain
Ronald Barker
Summary
Variety Club of Great Britian award for BBC TV Personality of 1974, presented to Ronnie Barker. The award features an inscribed silver heart sitting on a black velvet base with a silve inscibed label across the bottom. The inscriptions read ' RONNIE BARKER / BBC TV Personality / of / 1974' and 'VARIETY CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN'.
Other number
THM/407/11
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.218-2012

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Record createdMarch 23, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1245051/variety-club-award-for-bbc-award-variety-club-of/
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