Glove puppet
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Wood, fabric, wool and lace
Measurements
380 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665401
Summary
A 'Mr Punch' glove puppet (circa 1880). He has a carved wooden and painted head, hands, lower legs and feet. He wears a carved wooden pointed hat, pointing forwards, painted orange, yellow and blue. He has painted blue eyes, red mouth and red nostrils. There is some paint loss to the nose and hat. He has flesh coloured face and hands, and black painted lower legs and feet. He is wearing a brown, cream and blue floral patterned fabric outfit with dark brown sleeves with attached mauve-grey wool breeches. The neck and cuffs of his outfit and the bottom edge of his breeches are all trimmed with white lace. The outfit and the lace is badly stained.