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Lot Essay
This poor teddy bear has suffered from passive smoking and has turned a nicotine colour.
Details
A Steiff teddy bear
with blonde mohair, black boot button etes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs and growler --15in. (38cm.) high, circa 1910 (face and arms worn, holes to snout and one arm, discoloured, pads recovered, missing some black stitching and growler inoperative)
with blonde mohair, black boot button etes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs and growler --15in. (38cm.) high, circa 1910 (face and arms worn, holes to snout and one arm, discoloured, pads recovered, missing some black stitching and growler inoperative)
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