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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 380825, member: 649&quot;]So I emailed half a dozen puppet guilds/clubs and received one reply. Chris from punchandjudy.com was kind enough to respond:</p><p>&quot;There&#039;s no way of dating your puppet. It could have been made by any amateur or professional puppeteer during the last hundred years. More likely later rather than earlier, judging by the stripes on the policeman&#039;s cuff. I think they perhaps didn&#039;t come in until after world war2... I think it is&nbsp; likely that your puppet probably was used professionally... If I had to guess it would be early 1950s&quot;.</p><p>Chris seems to base his guess on the style of uniform but incorrectly believes the duty band didn&#039;t come into use until post-WW2 when actually they are seen on late-Victorian uniforms.</p><p>Ultimately, I guess I&#039;ll have to let the future buyer decide the puppet&#039;s age for himself, but it was fun researching![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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