(1930) Binker Sold £160 merrythought Date 1930 Make English Label

Date 1930 Make English Label Fabric Mohair Blond Size 22 ins Eyes Glass Features Wonderful mohair Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Rexine Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Growl Number 327A

hard stuffed with wood-wool throughout the body

Provenance: at some stage of this bear's life he became the property of an American girl called Dorcas Aunger who entered him into a doll contest in 1944 run by the Department of Playground and Recreation City of Los Angeles where she won first place (see photo's)

There is a repair to the back of the base of his head and his eyes are original and are made of glass with black pupils with painted backs

(1930) Binker Sold £160 merrythought Date 1930 Make English LabelBinker a 1930s Chiltern teddy bear, with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel, jointed limbs with velvet pads and card lined feet, hump and inoperative growler 24 1 2in. (62cm.) high (large patched hole in chest, three small patched holes in muzzle, right hand pad replaced, repairs to two pads, slight general wear and thinning); and a modern perambulator (missing handle)