Description
of flared tapering form, the pierced cover with applied scrollwork decoration and green hardstone finial, the body with corresponding applied decoration bearing inscription TELEVISION/ RADIO/ LITERATURE/ STAGE/ SCREEN and with dedication PRESENTED BY/ THE SKETCH/ TO/ ANNETTE MILLS/ CHOSEN FOR/ HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT/ IN TELEVISION/ IN 1949, the whole raised on a green hardstone plinth, hallmarked London 1949
Dimensions
24cm high
Footnote
Note: Annette Mills is best remembered for being the partner of the puppet "Muffin", in the successful BBC Television children's series Muffin the Mule between 1946 and 1955. She wrote the songs and the music, while puppeteer Ann Hogarth wrote the scripts. She made her TV debut in June 1946, when she first appeared with Muffin the Mule, who used to clip-clop around on top of a piano, whilst Mills played a tune. She wrote several Muffin the Mule songbooks and an adventure tale about him, as well as making records.