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Lot 70
A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV SILVER FOLDING SPECTACLES, Birmingham 1832, mark possibly that of John Guest, with extending fold-out arms, fitted with four angled blue tinted lenses, joined by an arched bridge. 10.5cm wideThe start of the 18th century brought about the advent of readily available and affordable newspapers, the first successful paper in Britain being published in 1702. This led to an increase in the literate population reading outside of the home and commanded a greater demand for portable eyewear. For this reason, we see an explosion of technological development in spectacles at this time, with sides being added at some stage before 1730. Improvements were also made to the actual lenses. Previously, two options were available to the customer: glasses for ‘young eyes’ and glasses for ‘old eyes’. As would be expected, this didn’t fully satisfy everyone’s needs and, thus, spectacles of varying strengths were developed, the ‘prescription’ sometimes being noted on the sides. Whilst our pair does not show this, they do bear the characteristic round rims that were popular at the time.In contrast are the more unusual angular rims that house the tinted lenses seen here. Ever at the height of fashion and wealth, Venice can lay claim to the invention of modern day sunglasses, their predecessors being of similar form to these. With a constant glare of light bouncing from the lagoon and radiating throughout the city, the coloured glass was adopted to protect one’s eyes from this discomfort.
Lot 193
An English golden mohair Teddy bear, 1920s, with glass eyes, vertically stitched nose with horizontal top stitch and mouth, swivel neck, jointed at shoulders and hips, stitched claws and felt pads, cardboard backed to feet, (some sparse areas to head and mainly to neck and sides, pads recovered, lacks claws to left hand and two to right foot), 15” (38cm) tall.
Lot 196
A golden mohair Merrythought Teddy bear, 1930s, kapok filled bear, orange glass eyes, vertically stitched nose and mouth, swivel neck and jointed at shoulders and hips, web stitching to hand and claws to feet, felt pads with cardboard backing to feet, working growler and label to left foot, (some minor sparse areas but generally good, some small repairs to pads), 17” (43cm) tall.
Lot 197
A golden mohair Merrythought Teddy bear, 1930s, kapok filled bear with button to left ear, dark glass eyes, vertically stitched nose and mouth, swivel neck and jointed at shoulders and hips, web stitching to hand and claws to feet, felt pads, (some sparse areas but generally good, web stitching not original, some repairs to pads), 21 ½” (55cm) tall.
Lot 198
A golden mohair Merrythought Teddy bear, 1930s, kapok filled bear with button to left ear, red glass eyes, vertically stitched nose and mouth, swivel neck and jointed at shoulders and hips, web stitching to hand and claws to feet, felt pads, label to right foot, (some sparse areas mainly to stomach), 16” (40.5cm) tall.
Lot 201
Two Teddy bears including shaggy brown mohair Knickerbocker bear, 1940s, brown bear with orange glass eyes, clipped inserted muzzle with vertically stitched nose and mouth, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, velvet pads, (good overall condition) 13” (33cm) tall, together with a copper coloured mohair bear with clipped golden inserted muzzle, orange eyes, fully jointed and with felt pads, (very good condition) 12” (30.5cm) tall.
Lot 211
Collection of Teddy bears and soft toys, including 1950’s Chiltern Hugmee, with orange plastic eyes, plastic nose, stitched mouth and claws, velvet pads, 16” (41cm) tall, together with Merrythought guard bear in bearskin hat, (faded to front), a later golden mohair bear, modern Merrythought Cheeky bear, Steiff hedgehog and a Merrythought parrot, (6 items).
Lot 213
Three English Teddy bears, 1950s, including a straw filled white mohair bear with orange glass eyes, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, felt paw pads and black neck ribbon (overall very good condition) 20” (51cm) tall, together with a brown mohair bear with velvet paw pads, golden mohair in striped jumper and a straw stuffed toy Terrier.
Lot 218
Six golden mohair Teddy bears, English 1950s, including a Chad Valley Magna bear with orange glass eyes, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, cloth paw pads with label to foot, 20” (51cm) tall, a musical bear, Chiltern bear and three others (all a/f).
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