Lot Essay
'Fat Captain' and 'Missis' are characters from the US Comic Series "The Katzenjammer Kids", by famous Swedish artist, Carl Larsson.
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Details
A Steiff 'Fat Captain' and 'Missis'
'Fat Captain' felt covered, with black shoe button eyes, original hat, jacket and trousers in form of body, wool fringe beard and hair, jointed arms and button with hint of white label attached to left ear --16in. (41cm.) tall, circa 1908 (trousers and buttons recovered with original damaged trousers beneath, small moth damage, a little dirty); 'Missis' with black shoe button eyes, felt covered with tea cosy skirt and cotton apron and button in ear with hint of white label --16½in. (42cm.) high, circa 1908 (wear and tear to apron, very slight moth damage, a little dirty)
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'Fat Captain' felt covered, with black shoe button eyes, original hat, jacket and trousers in form of body, wool fringe beard and hair, jointed arms and button with hint of white label attached to left ear --16in. (41cm.) tall, circa 1908 (trousers and buttons recovered with original damaged trousers beneath, small moth damage, a little dirty); 'Missis' with black shoe button eyes, felt covered with tea cosy skirt and cotton apron and button in ear with hint of white label --16½in. (42cm.) high, circa 1908 (wear and tear to apron, very slight moth damage, a little dirty)
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Literature
Button In Ear, Jrgen & Marianne Cieslik, page 109