(1927) Bing. Blue Tag Teddy Ody Sold £160 1950Teddy Ody and Bing teddy bear 1920 with blonde mohair, replaced brown and black eyes, pronounced muzzle, replaced black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, seam down back of leg, hump, inoperative growler, grey and black tinplate button on arm and grey knitted jumper 13 1 2in. (34cm.) high (almost completely bald, hole in top of muzzle and left wrist and hand pads recovered) Description Date 1927 Make
Reginald is a lovely old bear measuring just 11 inches
Date 1930 Make Farnell Button Label Fabric Mohair White long Size 18 ins Eyes Glass with painted backs and black pupils Features Original pale nose with vertical stitching/ Mouth Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Felt pads
Most Merrythought early bears were made from golden mohair with shaved muzzles and dropped nose end stitches
Mr Twisty Cheeky is quite a rare little bear
A really cuddly chap
She is 11 1/2 inches tall
He has his four original Rexine pads all showing some signs of wear
Many old darns
He has a very good covering of his bright yellow/mustard mohair with very slight overall thinning and and a couple of small bare patches but he still retains a good 98% coverage
SOLD Zara is a 1930s Chad with a green/blue button and red foot label
pronounced inset short mohair muzzle
The bears are very similar to Chad Valley's own bears