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Lot Essay
This teddy bear was purchased from Hamleys, London on the 10th July 1938.
Details
A Chiltern teddy bear
with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced inset velvet muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed limbs with velvet pads --30in. (76cm.) high, circa 1938 (muzzle thinning to top of muzzle, left pad and part of wrist split and nose stitching possibly replaced) and a copy of a photograph of the original owner seated in the garden with this bear and her doll (2)
with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced inset velvet muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed limbs with velvet pads --30in. (76cm.) high, circa 1938 (muzzle thinning to top of muzzle, left pad and part of wrist split and nose stitching possibly replaced) and a copy of a photograph of the original owner seated in the garden with this bear and her doll (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.