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The hands are made of moulded pink plaster and the feet of rounded blocks of wood painted black.  The head, body and arms are joined by steel eyelet screws, while the legs are jointed at the hips, knees and ankles by steel plates, nailed into each part.  The strings are knotted to various parts of the body - two black ones to the head by steel eyelets painted pink on either side; two reds ones, to the hands; two blue ones just above the knees and a yellow one to the back of the body.  The strings are tied to the wooden control, two bars of wood linked together by a large metal clip which will allow the bars to twist out to form a +.  The red ones are tied to an eyelet covered with a red plastic dome, the blue ones to two eyelets covered with a blue plastic dome and the yellow likewise attached to an eyelet covered by a yellow plastic dome.  At the top of the bars is a large black metal hook which can be used to hang the puppet up.\r\nThe puppet is dressed as a young man in red rayon jacket, pale blue rayon breeches, yellow cotton shirt front and white nylon net shirt frill.\n\nWindow box of yellow cardboard, printed in colours to show the maker's details and illustrations of a range of figures made by the company.  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The puppets and theatre were presents from her parents, Pamela and Frank Gale.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Boxed wooden marionette Pelham puppet, Prince Charming, made in England between 1963 and 1969","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Attribution note: These puppets were manufactered within a factory, however, they are classified as HAND MADE as each was individually made by hand.\nReason For Production: retail","productionType":{"text":"mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"puppets","id":"AAT138750"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["B.102:1-1998","B.102:2-1998","B.102:3-1998","B.102:4-1998","B.102:5-1998"],"accessionNumberNum":"102","accessionNumberPrefix":"B","accessionYear":1998,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"SL","aspects":["WHOLE","Puppet","Box [1]","Box [2]","Insert","Instructions sheet"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-21","recordCreationDate":"1998-04-30","availableToBook":false}}