A Dean's 'Tru-to-Life' teddy bear

细节
A Dean's 'Tru-to-Life' teddy bear
with black mohair, brown and black glass eyes cut into internal rubber face mask with rubber eye sockets, large wide apart ears, white mohair covered muzzle, black moulded nose, unjointed stuffed with wood-wool, and pink rubber feet pads, paws and claws --20in. (51cm.) tall, circa 1950 (slight wera to tips of paws and feet, slight loss of paint behind eyes)

See Colour Plate 4

拍品专文

This realistic bear was the creation of Sylvia R. Wilgoss, chief designer for Dean's from the 1950s. The bear was created after extensive studies of the real 'Grizzly' bears.