'Oscar', a rare Steiff PB28 rod bear

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'Oscar', a rare Steiff PB28 rod bear
with blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle with gutta-percha nose, horizontal seam from ear to ear, remains of stitched mouth, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads and five black stitched claws and hump, circa 1904 --16¼in. (41.5cm.) high (bald patch on front of left arm and chest, two small holes in the centre of these two areas, thinning to backs of legs, some general thinning to mohair, moth damage and discolouration to pads)

Provenance

Purchased from Sotheby's London, 29th September 1987, lot 25.

Literature

For this actual bear see The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book, by Pauline Cockerill, page 22.

The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia, by Pauline Cockerill, page 17.

The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame - A Century of Historic Bears, by Michele Brown, page 43.

The Teddy Bear Museum - The Official Guide, cover and page 9.

The Little History of the Teddy Bear, by Michele Brown, pages 51 and 53.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This is an example of the earliest Steiff jointed bear that apears on the collectors' market. The rod bear is the second stage in Steiff's development of the teddy bear, the first which had cord joints is yet to re-appear.

The PB 28 P plush B bewglich (jointed) 28 size in centimetres seated.

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