Punch and Judy glove puppets - MAAS Collection

The Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry is a unique place, home to one of the leading puppetry schools in the world as well as dozens of antique puppets and marionettes, making it just a little bit creepy, too.

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The first performance of a Punch and Judy show was at Covent Garden, London, England ,on May 9,1662. It was recorded in Samuel Pepys's diary entry and it is believed a similar puppet show has been seen there every year since.

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Art Fabric Mills,the dolls were offered in 1901, advertised in Delineator magazine. The 22" lithographed cloth dolls, originally presented on a bolt and designed to be cut, stuffed and assembled, depict the traditional figures of Punch and Judy, with colorful costumes and highly-characterized faces

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Photograph of Toby the dog and Mr. Punch used by Professor Bert Codman (1902-1969) in his Punch & Judy show at Colwyn Bay. Black and white photograph possibly taken by the Manchester Evening News and Chronicle, or Dave Williams. Undated, but probably taken on the occasion of Toby's last performance, 12 September 1968. Gerald Morice Collection.

1850 Rare Staffordshire Pottery Ceramic Mr Punch

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