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'Big heads' traditionally featured in the opening of pantomimes at this date, and their design was a speciality of Dykwynkyn's. \r\n\r\nThe Knights in <i>Tom Thumb</i> appeared in 'The Banqueting Hall in the Palace of King Arthur', the scene in the Harlequinade in which Tom Thumb lived in King Arthur's Court. This design is entitled 'Flemish Bricks and Dutch Metal'.  The Knights with the cockerel on their banner and shield relate to the 'Flemish Bricks' of the title, while that with the kettles on his shield relate to the 'Dutch Metal'.","physicalDescription":"Pencil and watercolour costume design on cream paper pasted on card for 'Flemish Bricks and Dutch Metal', depicting four knights. Two knights, at left, facing forwards, one holding a banner emblazoned with a crowing cockerel and one with a double-headed axe and a shield with a crowing cockerel emblem. At right, two knights, one, viewed from the back, holds an axe and a shield, and the other, viewed from the side, holds axe and a shield with a design of three kettles. 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