Puppet
late 1930s (made)
Marionette of a cat playing a fiddle. Carved and painted wood, the legs, feet, arms, neck, back of head and ears are covered in brown fur, the face painted with glass eyes. His arms and legs are articulated. He wears a dark blue velvet jacket over an apricot satin waistcoat with mother-of-pearl buttons and grey wool trousers
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, fur, glass, velvet, satin, wool, mother-of-pearl and string |
| Brief description | Marionette of a cat playing a fiddle. From a production of Pinocchio, D'Albert Marionettes, English, late 1930s |
| Physical description | Marionette of a cat playing a fiddle. Carved and painted wood, the legs, feet, arms, neck, back of head and ears are covered in brown fur, the face painted with glass eyes. His arms and legs are articulated. He wears a dark blue velvet jacket over an apricot satin waistcoat with mother-of-pearl buttons and grey wool trousers |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
| Object history | This puppet was used by the D'Albert Marionettes, active 1921 - 1958 |
| Other number | P.292 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.458-2001 |
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| Record created | September 9, 2004 |
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