Lot Essay
It is interesting to note the material used for this gas mask cover has also been used on the lining of pads found on a Farnell bear on fours.
Details
A rare child's Teddy gas mask cover
the gas mask cover decorated with a teddy bear with cream mohair head, paws and feet, clipped snout, black stitched nose and mouth and pink and red felt jacket, yellow felt waistcoat and brown felt trousers in form of body fixed to cover --9in. (23cm.) long, English, possibly Farnell (cracking and wear to cover, fading to felt)
See Colour Plate 4
the gas mask cover decorated with a teddy bear with cream mohair head, paws and feet, clipped snout, black stitched nose and mouth and pink and red felt jacket, yellow felt waistcoat and brown felt trousers in form of body fixed to cover --9in. (23cm.) long, English, possibly Farnell (cracking and wear to cover, fading to felt)
See Colour Plate 4
Literature
The Teddy Bear Encylopedia, Pauline Cockrill, page 11