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Details
A Schuco yes/no teddy bear
with golden mohair, clear and black glass eye with beige painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, tail operated head mechanism and jointed limbs, 1920s --10¾in. (27.5cm.) high (balding to left arm and right cheek, pads replaced, general wear and fading, left leg needs attaching correctly)
with golden mohair, clear and black glass eye with beige painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, tail operated head mechanism and jointed limbs, 1920s --10¾in. (27.5cm.) high (balding to left arm and right cheek, pads replaced, general wear and fading, left leg needs attaching correctly)
Provenance
Purchased in these rooms, 9th July 1987, lot 152.
Literature
For this actual bear see The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame - A Century of Historic Bears, by Michele Brown, page 78; and The Little History of the Teddy Bear, by Michele Brown, page 63.
Special notice
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