An original Harry Corbett Sooty Glove Puppet

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An original Harry Corbett Sooty Glove Puppet
with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, black mohair ears, rexine pads and long skirt, mid 1950s --12¾in. (32.5cm.) high (worn head and pads, dusty); and letter of provenance

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The original vendor's father Harry Barton, was a close friend of Ken Brooks, they met in the RAF. Both were amateur conjurors and were in the Magic Circle. Ken Brooks became professional and appeared on a few tv programmes. As a child the vendor use to go to Ken Brook's house with here father and in 1954/55 she meet Harry Corbett there. He presented her with this puppet.

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This is a rare early example of a Sooty, production puppets differ from those produced as toys. Firstly they are made to fit each puppeteer's hand tightly. They also have a longer skirt so there is no chance of seeing the arm. Often you will find Copydex (glue) stains on the pads as this was used to fix various objects into Sooty's paws. The nature of the show with water pistol and custard pie fights, resulted in a rapid turnover of the main star.