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The 20th century saw soft toys or dolls that served as marketing tools and souvenirs, as well as gifts for small children. Two other examples in the museum’s Theatre & Performance Collection are the felt Totem Girl in <i>Rose Marie, </i>1925, and the cotton doll of Lupino Lane as Bill Snibson in <i>Me and My Girl</i>, 1937.\r\n\r\nThis soft toy continues the tradition. It represents the popular clown Tweedy, created by the Scottish performer Alan Digweed who appears annually with Giffords Circus and Cirque Berserk, in plays and pantomime, and in his one-man show. With its trademark quiff of red hair and lopsided smile, it captures the essence of Tweedy’s zany character and capacity for making audiences laugh. The toy was commissioned by Tweedy, who sells it at venues where he appears and through his own website.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Soft toy of Tweedy the clown, with embroidered eyes, mouth and tongue, a tuft of red fur fabric hair, integral yellow t-shirt, red felt tie, white boots, and removable light brown cotton jacket and blue trousers.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Custom Toys UK","id":"AUTH351688"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x28674"},"note":"Head of UK team for Custom Toys UK Christian Chodecki"}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"plush","id":"AAT227875"},{"text":"felt","id":"AAT14107"},{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"},{"text":"fur fabric","id":"x30594"}],"techniques":[{"text":"sewn","id":"AAT257463"},{"text":"embroidered","id":"AAT53653"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stuffed and embroidered plush fabric, with fur fabric hair and felt jacket, tie and trousers","categories":[{"text":"Soft toys","id":"THES274376"},{"text":"Dolls & Toys","id":"THES48967"},{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Circus","id":"THES261738"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2019LJ4164","2019LJ4165"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES355795"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"soft toys","id":"AAT211332"}],[{"text":"dolls","id":"AAT211087"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Designed in the UK with artwork, pattern-making and branding produced to the needs of the client, and manufactured at a factory in Guangdon, South China"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2018","earliest":"2018-01-01","latest":"2018-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.125-2018","id":"O1459772"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"Given by Alan Digweed","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"33.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"20.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"maximum width, hand to hand"}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"New soft toy as sold to patrons of Tweedy's shows and customers from his website. 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