(1920) Bing. Seaman Bing Sold 24ins

(1920) Bing. Seaman Bing Sold 24insA Bing Teddy Bear, 1920s, with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes with light brown backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, hump, inoperative growler and recent sailors jacket 18in. (45. 5cm.) high (holes to hand pads, one patched, slight holes to feet pads, slight general wear and a few nose stitchings replaced) Description Date 1920 Make Bing Button Label Fabric Mohair

Merrythought was well known for their bears with a difference

Merrythought only started making bears in the 1930s

Date 1930 Make Button   Label Fabric Size Eyes Glass Features Jointed Pads Stuffing Clothes Growl Number

Meon is a pink teddy bear made by Merrythought in the 1930s

brown cloth under-nose

Jointed Fully jointed Pads Cotton Stuffing Woodwool/Kapok Clothes Growl Number 410

lacy insert

She has a small hump and long arms

Bumble is a wonderful Chad Valley clown bear made in the 1930s/40s

Date 1920 Make French possibly Button   Label Fabric Mohair Blond Size 15 ins Eyes Boot button Features Center Final Seam Jointed Disc Jointed Pads Cloth/Stitched Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Growl Number 69A

some fading) - Toffee was a character from BBC children’s radio ‘Listen with Mother’

Possibly German Hermann