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A rare Chiltern Master Teddy, circa 1915
Sold for £2,900
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
A rare Chiltern Master Teddy, circa 1915, with blonde mohair head, hands and feet, brown and black glass google eyes, crossed facial seams, black stitched nose and mouth with pink stitched tongue, unjointed cloth body with brushed cotton feet pads, original pink and white striped cotton shirt with white collar and red bow, blue felt trousers with braces, red felt patch and rare card chest tag ‘Reg Desn. 646272 - Master Teddy - Made in England - USA Pat. Applied For’ —8in. (20.5cm.) high (thinning and wear) - this actual bear appears on page 29 of The Teddy Bear Encyclopaedia, by Pauline Cockrill and Some of our Favourite Bears by Ian Pout, page 29