Delicatessen or Aloysius

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PETER BULL This lot and the following five were all presented to Gyles Brandreth and the museum after Peter Bull died by the Dowager Lady Bull, Peter's mother. Peter Bull is often credited with being one of the most influential figures in the birth of Teddy Bear collecting as a popular hobby. He wrote several books on bear collecting during the 1960s and 1970s and often appeared on television discussing his love of the teddy bear. A character actor by profession, his life was soon taken over by his hobby, sadly he passed away in 1984, but his legacy remains to this day.

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Delicatessen or Aloysius
Limited Edition No.1 of 2500 House of Nisbet bear with original Daks scarf and label in side seam and on foot --23in. (58.5cm.) high; the actual Change of Name Deed of Aloysius, when Delicatessen change his name in 1982, a card stapled to the deed from Angela Penfold 'Dear Mrs. Cook, Herewith a copy of the Deed which Peter Bull had paw-marked by Aloysius in 1982! Kind regards...'; and a photograph of Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons and the original Aloysius

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Lot Essay

The original Delicatessen, Peter Bull's bear who played the role of Aloysius in the Granada television series, scripted by John Mortimer and originally shown on ITV in October 1981, stayed at the Teddy Bear Museum until he was replaced by this unique House of Nisbet bear, the No.1 in the series. Peter Bull, actor and pioneer arctophile, was a friend of Gyles Brandreth.

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