(1920) Horatio Sold £40 French

(1920) Horatio Sold £40 FrenchHoratio a 1920 30s teddy bear, with cinnamon mohair, clear and black glass eye with brown painted back, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with cloth pads and inoperative growler 23in. (58. 5cm.) high (ears badly replaced, balding to body, pads with glued on repairs and general wear) Description Date 1920 30 Make English Button Label Fabric Brown Size 22 ins Eyes Glass Features Original Nose Mouth. Extra

Vertically stitched brown nose with upward end stitches Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Cotton replaced

white cotton dress

She is wearing a pink faded vintage dress

Date 1915 Make Old

Date 1930 Make Farnell Button   Label Farnell's Alpha Toys

He is a lovely colour

Date 1920 Make English Button   Label Before labels Fabric Mohair Golden Size 10

hump and knitted dress —19in

These bears were then known as Smiles bears

This bear does have a look of a Chad-is cork stuffed-as were the early Chads and although he has a label instead of a button it does seem to me to indentify him as Chad

Working lullaby

His growler is making his tummy look quite big