拍品 1327
1327
ONKEL ZEPPELIN

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ONKEL ZEPPELIN
A RARE STEIFF FELT DOLL WITH MOUSTACHE, NAMED CAP AND BLUE SUIT - 15¼IN. 39CM. HIGH, CIRCA 1910; AND ANOTHER COMIC CHARACTER, POSSIBLY AN ENGLISH POLICE OFFICER WEARING A NAVY TAIL-COAT - 14IN. 36CM. HIGH, BOTH WITH BUTTONS IN THEIR EARS, (SOME DAMAGE AND MENDING TO BOTH DOLLS, ONKEL ZEPPELIN HAS A REPLACED HAND)

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拍品专文

GRAF FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN WAS BORN IN 1838 AND CONSTRUCTED AN AIRSHIP NAMED AFTER HIM, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 1900. MARGARETE STEIFF
WAS FASCINATED AND THE FIRM TRIED TO PATENT THE NAME OF THE DOLL. GRAF VON ZEPPELIN REFUSED HIS PERMISSION TO USE HIS NAME, BUT OVER 5,000 DOLLS WERE MADE.