Sold (1914) Wistful 1910-14 hump and inoperative squeaker —17

hump and inoperative squeaker —17 1/2in

Arthur is a lovely Merrythought bear made during the period when materials were rationed in the 1940s

Key Identification Features

an inverted Y shape mouth stitching and recovered felt pads in good condition

Sold (1914) Wistful 1910-14 hump and inoperative squeaker —17Wistful is an aged 1914 Omega bear. He has a poor ish covering of mohair, long arms and paws and shaped ankles with the remains of 4 stitched claws on his paws and pads. Both paws and pads have very old replaced leather over cotton, his pads are carded. He is stuffed with wood wool. He is fully jointed with large possibly replaced glass eyes, a horizontally stitched nose between the seams on the top of his straight cone like nose and no mouth