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Lot Essay
Sadly the dog featured in one of the photographs cannot be located.
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Bimbo, Cubby, Rupert and Edward
a Chiltern (Rupert) teddy bear with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed limbs with velvet pads --12½in.(32cm.) high, 1930s (worn and hole in muzzle); a Norah Wellings (Edward) elephant with brown wool plush, clear and black glass eyes, white felt tusks, ears lined with velvet and label on back foot --11½in. (29cm.) long (slight wear); a Jungle Toys Bingo bear (Bimbo) (missing ear and worn); a Cubby lion (missing eye) and two black and white photographs featuring Cubby, Bimbo and the owner Richard Stainton (6)
a Chiltern (Rupert) teddy bear with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed limbs with velvet pads --12½in.(32cm.) high, 1930s (worn and hole in muzzle); a Norah Wellings (Edward) elephant with brown wool plush, clear and black glass eyes, white felt tusks, ears lined with velvet and label on back foot --11½in. (29cm.) long (slight wear); a Jungle Toys Bingo bear (Bimbo) (missing ear and worn); a Cubby lion (missing eye) and two black and white photographs featuring Cubby, Bimbo and the owner Richard Stainton (6)
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