Lot 432
432
A rare Steiff 'Fluffy' pin-cushion

Details
A rare Steiff 'Fluffy' pin-cushion
Fluffy with grey tipped cream mohair, green and black glass eyes, pink stitched nose and mouth, horse hair whiskers, swivel head, seated on a silver white and grey mohair pin-cushion --6in. (15cm.) tall, circa 1929

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Literature
Button In Ear, Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik, page 186
Further details
Soft fluffy animals were in great demand in the 1920s. Customers demanded them, adults as well as children.
At the time 'Molly' the dog joined the Steiff programme, they also created a cat in white mohair 'Fluffy'.

Lot Essay

Soft fluffy animals were in great demand in the 1920s. Customers demanded them, adults as well as children.
At the time 'Molly' the dog joined the Steiff programme, they also created a cat in white mohair 'Fluffy'.

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