Lot Essay
Althought the Three Bears are Steiff, it is possible they were adpated from traditional teddy bears to marionettes. Goldilocks is not Steiff
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears:
Papa Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, pronounced snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs, weighted paws and feet, cloth upper legs, string attached to head, paws and feet attached to wooden bars, button in ear and dressed in contemporary cotton shirt, trousers and jacket --14in. (35.5cm.) tall, circa 1930; Mama Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, pronounced snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs, weighted paws and feet, felt pads, cloth upper legs, string attached to head, paws and feet attached to wooden bars and button in ear, dressed in contemporary cotton dress and apron --13in. (33cm.) tall, circa 1930; Baby Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, remains of black stiched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs felt pads, weighted paws and feet, dressed in contemporary cotton shirt and trousers --9in. (23cm.) tall, circa 1930; Goldilocks marrionette doll with pressed felt face, blue and white glass eyes, painted facial features, composition body, lower arms and legs, string attached to wooden operating bars and dressed in contemporary cotton dress --12in. (30.5cm.) tall, circa 1930
See Colour Plate 6 (4)
Papa Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, pronounced snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs, weighted paws and feet, cloth upper legs, string attached to head, paws and feet attached to wooden bars, button in ear and dressed in contemporary cotton shirt, trousers and jacket --14in. (35.5cm.) tall, circa 1930; Mama Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, pronounced snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs, weighted paws and feet, felt pads, cloth upper legs, string attached to head, paws and feet attached to wooden bars and button in ear, dressed in contemporary cotton dress and apron --13in. (33cm.) tall, circa 1930; Baby Bear marionette: a Steiff teddy bear with golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, remains of black stiched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, unjointed limbs felt pads, weighted paws and feet, dressed in contemporary cotton shirt and trousers --9in. (23cm.) tall, circa 1930; Goldilocks marrionette doll with pressed felt face, blue and white glass eyes, painted facial features, composition body, lower arms and legs, string attached to wooden operating bars and dressed in contemporary cotton dress --12in. (30.5cm.) tall, circa 1930
See Colour Plate 6 (4)