Puppet
ca.1975 (made)
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Trick glove puppet of a Courtier or 'Nobody' with carved and painted face and hands, and painted black hair and Van Dyck beard. He wears a dark blue woollen fabric robe with a front panel of magenta nylon velvet, decorated with a central panel of metallic material outlined in white braid. The sleeves of his robe are lime green with gold thread-work, and he wears an off-white ruff. His neck on a wooden rod extends and contracts, as a traditional scaramouche figure, and is covered in off-white synthetic fabric
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Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, wool, nylon velvet, synthetic fabric and braid |
Brief description | Trick glove puppet of a Courtier or 'Nobody'. Tickner Exemplary Punch and Judy figure, made by Fred Tickner. English, ca.1975 |
Physical description | Trick glove puppet of a Courtier or 'Nobody' with carved and painted face and hands, and painted black hair and Van Dyck beard. He wears a dark blue woollen fabric robe with a front panel of magenta nylon velvet, decorated with a central panel of metallic material outlined in white braid. The sleeves of his robe are lime green with gold thread-work, and he wears an off-white ruff. His neck on a wooden rod extends and contracts, as a traditional scaramouche figure, and is covered in off-white synthetic fabric |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Object history | One of a set of Punch and Judy figures made by the puppet maker, Fred Tickner and presented to the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild as an exemplar |
Other number | P.17 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.561-2001 |
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Record created | October 7, 2004 |
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