Sold (1914) Wistful 1910-14 Arthur is a lovely Merrythought

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

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

Her blond mohair is long and silky with nearly 100% remaining

Date 1940 Make Invicta Button   Label Fabric Mohair  Size 14 ins Eyes Glass with painted backs and large pupils Features Original Nose / Mouth with brown stitching Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Felt Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Growl Not Working Number 383

Date 1910  Make Ideal American

Sold (1914) Wistful 1910-14 Arthur is a lovely MerrythoughtWistful 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