Marionette
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, plaster and metal.
Measurements
540 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661554
Summary
One of the puppets made for and used by the ‘Lilliput Marionette Theatre’. This marionette has been identified as a 'devil' and is from a play entitled 'Faust'. A yellow painted marionette devil without a control. He has a pointed wooden head with painted and moulded facial features, consisting of white eyes with snake-like black pupils, a pointed nose and small grinning mouth. His eyes and cranial ridge are outlined in black. Below his neck and at his waist are tufts of brown fur. The devil's body is also made of wood with modelling material hands, with three fingers. He is jointed at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrist, waist, knees and ankles. His body is pointed and he has moulded scales on his back. His feet have three clawed toes, and his right foot has a fourth claw at the ankle. Attached to the devil's bottom is a green painted string tail. Black strings are attached in various places, with a white string loop around the head.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr E Hellawell in 1982.