This string of sausages was used in the stage show of the famous London Punch and Judy performer Percy Press. During the Festival of Britain in 1951, he had a permanent theatre in the Battersea Pleasure Gardens. From the 1950s Percy also performed regularly outside Madame Tussauds.
Category:
Social History
Object ID:
73.33/12
Object name:
sausage, cotton sausage
Object type:
sausage, cotton sausage
Artist/Maker:
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Related people:
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Related events:
Festival of Britain 1951
Related places:
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Production date:
1925-1980
Material:
cotton
Measurements/duration:
L 245 mm, W 340 mm, D 70 mm (total area) (overall)
