Sold (1910) Crossland Sold £420 16ins His pads have been replaced

His pads have been replaced

Button   Label  Yes Fabric Thick silky Golden Mohair  Size 22 ins Eyes Plastic Features Original Nose / Mouth Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Carded Velveteen feet Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Knitted waistcoat and bow Growl Number V64

These bears were then known as Smiles bears

Date 1915 Make Bing Button  Outline Label Fabric Mohair blond Size 21 ins Eyes Glass Features Good mohair

Perhaps the outer bear was made for Guy to protect him from more deterioration

Sold (1910) Crossland Sold £420 16ins His pads have been replacedCrossland a rare black mohair teddy bear 1910 20s, with black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, unusual white stitched nose, mouth and five claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with glazed ribbed cotton pads, hump and inoperative growler 17 1 2in. (44. 5cm.) high (slight wear); and photographs of a small girl with a similar black bear from a studio in Oxford, the back inscribed in pencil C Crossland 70 Moorgate Description Date 1910 Make