'Pery' a Steevans teddy bear

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'Pery' a Steevans teddy bear
with pale golden mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed padless limbs and metal stud in ear marked STEEVANS ENGLAND PT126846 --9½in. (24cm.) tall, circa 1918 (one eye scratched), wearing a collection of Henley Regatta badges and medals

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The previous owner of this bears was William Pery Goodbody - Born 1905. Educated at Shrewsbury and Cambridge, he rowed for both, hence the Henley medals. Pery was the family middle Christian name, hence teddy's name.

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