Sold (1910) Crossland Sold £420 16ins These bears were then known

These bears were then known as Smiles bears

Perhaps the outer bear was made for Guy to protect him from more deterioration

hunchbacked old Classic bear with lots of charm

Grisly Spielwarenfabrik H G Unfricht

Sadly it closed in the 1950s

Sold (1910) Crossland Sold £420 16ins These bears were then knownCrossland a rare black mohair teddy bear 1910 20s, with black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, unusual white stitched nose, mouth and five claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with glazed ribbed cotton pads, hump and inoperative growler 17 1 2in. (44. 5cm.) high (slight wear); and photographs of a small girl with a similar black bear from a studio in Oxford, the back inscribed in pencil C Crossland 70 Moorgate Description Date 1910 Make