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The British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award

Award
1999 (awarded)
Artist/Maker

British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award for The Two Ronnies, given to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett by The British Comedy Awards in 1999. A clear rectangular perspex block with bevelled edges, encasing two playing cards showing a joker and 'British Comedy Awards 1999'. The front has an engraved inscription: 'Lifetime Achievement Award / The Two Ronnies'.


Object details

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Object type
TitleThe British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
British Comedy Award Lifetime Achievement for The Two Ronnies awarded in 1999. Perspex rectangular award, encasing two joker playing cards and engraved with award details.
Physical description
A clear perspex 12-sided block with bevelled edges and one flat edge for standing it on, encasing two British Comedy Awards joker playing cards. The cards show a yellow and blue image of a joker holding a sign saying '1999' and the words 'COMEDY AWARDS'in the place of the word 'Joker'. The reverse of the cards show a blue and white pattern on the reverse and the word 'BRITISH'. The front is engraved with details of the award.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 22.6cm
  • Whole width: 6.3cm
  • Whole depth: 4.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS / 1999 / LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT / AWARD / THE TWO RONNIES / '
Credit line
Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE.
Object history
Awarded to Ronnie Barker at the British Comedy Awards 1999 and presented to him by Sir Alec Guiness.
Subjects depicted
Summary
British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award for The Two Ronnies, given to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett by The British Comedy Awards in 1999. A clear rectangular perspex block with bevelled edges, encasing two playing cards showing a joker and 'British Comedy Awards 1999'. The front has an engraved inscription: 'Lifetime Achievement Award / The Two Ronnies'.
Other number
THM/407/11
Collection
Accession number
S.182-2012

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Record createdMarch 12, 2012
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