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Details
A rare Chiltern Skater Bear
with golden artificial-silk plush, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, integral blue wool plush jacket with large white wool plush collar, white velvet pill box hat with squeaker, wire-armature and standing on felt pads with label on right foot, 1930-40s --14in. (35.5cm.) high (some fading and slight wear)
with golden artificial-silk plush, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, integral blue wool plush jacket with large white wool plush collar, white velvet pill box hat with squeaker, wire-armature and standing on felt pads with label on right foot, 1930-40s --14in. (35.5cm.) high (some fading and slight wear)
Provenance
Purchased from these rooms, 4th February 1988, lot 128.
Literature
For this actual bear see The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame - A Century of Historic Bears, by Michele Brown, page 91; The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book, by Pauline Cockrill, page 38; and The Little History of the Teddy Bear, by Michele Brown, page 80.
Special notice
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