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Details
'Baby Barle', a Steiff teddy bear
with blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs, hump, FF button in ear and red knitted suit, circa 1907 --12¼in. (31cm.) high (some thinning and a few bald spots, pads recovered, fading and dusty)
with blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs, hump, FF button in ear and red knitted suit, circa 1907 --12¼in. (31cm.) high (some thinning and a few bald spots, pads recovered, fading and dusty)
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's on 16th Septemner 1987, lot 2408.
Literature
For this actual bear see The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame - A Century of Historic Bear, by Michele Brown, page 47.
The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book, by Pauline Cockerill, page 16.
The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book, by Pauline Cockerill, page 16.
Special notice
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