Details
An unusual British teddy bear
with black mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, pinkish/brown stitched nize, swivel head, jointed limbs with velvet pads and pointed hump, 1910-20 --15in. (38cm.) high (discoloured to greenish brown, pads worn and missing mouth stitching); a photograph of the original owner in her pram with this bear; and a Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children (3)
with black mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, pinkish/brown stitched nize, swivel head, jointed limbs with velvet pads and pointed hump, 1910-20 --15in. (38cm.) high (discoloured to greenish brown, pads worn and missing mouth stitching); a photograph of the original owner in her pram with this bear; and a Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children (3)
Provenance
This bear and birthday book belonged to Dorothy Combe.
Special notice
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