The Jacquard Puppets, The Jacquard Puppets, 'Barnacle Bill the Sailor', with policeman and cook, 33cm high approximately (3) Barnacle Bill, wearing a tiny Guernsey sweater (knitted by Eva, John Carr's wife), arrives in port in search of companionship. His wooing of a cook is disturbed by a policeman who ushers him away and then proceeds to flirt with her himself! The Jacquard puppets - general condition report The puppets have been stored for many years, the strings have mainly gone, and those that are left are fragile and snap easily and most will need to be restrung. Some were made just before the second world war, others in the following two decades. They were made from whatever was available, pieces of wood, leather, dress and upholstery fabrics, felt, etc. The clothing and fabrics are generally in reasonable condition. Some have detached limbs, where the articulated joint fixings have perished or strings come loose