Marionette
Edward Hellawell
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1937 - circa 1947
Materials
Modelling material, wood and textiles
Measurements
730 mm (Height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672048
Summary
A marionette puppet of a male character, made for the Lilliput Marionette Theatre Company. The puppet has a head made from modelling material, with moulded hair and facial features, and also a pair of antlers. His (miserable) facial details are painted on and he has no hair, blue, white and black eyes, thin dark pink lips and black eyebrows. The antlers are painted pink. His body, arms and legs are made of wood, jointed at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees and ankles. His body is painted cream. His hands and feet are made of modelling material, his hands painted cream, and his feet painted brown and moulded as if wearing sandals - these parts are painted pink. He is wearing a blue cotton shirt with green 'oversleeves' and cream hessian trousers/leg coverings wrapped round with rough string/cord. Around his waist is a light brown leather belt. Over everything he wears a brown fur fabric coat/cloak. Lengths of rough brown string are attached through holes in the top of his antlers. He has no control.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood in 2015
Makers and roles
Edward Hellawell, maker Margery Hellawell, costumier