Puppet
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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 wolf, possibly related to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs.
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 wolf, possibly related to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Brief description | Jointed marionette puppet in shape of wolf wearing trousers and cape complete with original coloured Pelham puppet box, ca.1963. |
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| Credit line | Given by Penny Kelly and Thomas Witham-Kelly |
| Object history | The puppets were given to the donor by her Mother, Maggie Witham in about 1963 when she was about five years old and living in Chiselhurst in Kent. They were subsequsently played with by the donor's son, 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 wolf, possibly related to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. |
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| Accession number | B.247:1 to 3-2009 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2010 |
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