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Click here to subscribeA British 1930s teddy bear, probably Chiltern, golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, inset velvet muzzle, black stitched nose and some claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with velvet pads, card lined feet, inoperative squeaker and name tag on foot 'S.F. Rooke' --18½in. (47cm.) high (velvet worn on muzzle wit small hole, wear and damage to pads and slight thinning and wear)
'Colin' the childhood British teddy bear of Colin Joyce, a 1915-1920 teddy bear with golden mohair, clear and black glass eyes with green backs, large ears, pronounced muzzle with remains of black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with cloth pads and inoperative growler --20in. (51cm.) high (balding arms, general wear and thinning, ears loose at bottom, pads re-covered and eyes possibly an old replacement); and sold with a photograph of Colin and his family, the reverse written Aunt Lucy, Aunt Edith, Cousin Gladys and Colin; a note attached 'Grandpa Colin Joyce holding his teddy bear(also known as Colin), Ashby de la Zouch 1917 - sadly the bear in the photograph is not the same as the one here, so Colin 2 was probably a slightly later upgrade
A small early Farnell teddy bear 1910-20, with pale blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, card lined feet, hump and inoperative side squeaker --10½in. (26.5cm.) high (feet pads damaged and missing one card, general wear and thinning)
A 1930s Alpha Farnell teddy bear, with peach coloured wool plush, clear and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws coming slightly onto felt pads, swivel head, jointed limbs, hump, inoperative squeaker and blue and white woven label --14½in. (37cm.) high (balding around joints, back of legs, general wear and thinning, needs a clean)
Bluebie and friend the childhood blue Farnell teddy bear and miniature Schuco of Jill Grice, Bluebie - a 1920s blue mohair Farnell teddy bear with unusual flat black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, remains of brown stitched nose, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, unusual long slender body and inoperative squeaker --16in. (40.5cm.) high (balding, a few small holes, thinning and discoloured to white); and a miniature 1920s Schuco teddy bear (completely bald and worn); an original photograph of Jill aged 2 holding another bear and a small photograph of Jill aged 9 standing in the garden holding nine bears, Bluebie is in her right arm - Bluebie (a mispronounced Bluebell) was given to Jill Grice on her birthday on the 24th April 1929 in Ceylon where her father was a civil engineer on a tea plantation. They moved back to Hatch End in Middlesex in 1934, where they lived until Jill married in 1952. Jill told her daughter, the vendor, that her father Arthur Leslie Grice (born 1898) carried the Schuco bear with him during World War Two, sadly he died in a mustard gas accident on Thorney Island near Chichester in 1943
A 1930s pink long mohair teddy bear, probably French, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, slotted-in ears, swivel head, jointed limbs with velvet pads and large inoperative squeaker --16½in. (42cm.) high (balding, wear, faded and dirty); and a British golden mohair seated dog
Two post-war Chad Valley teddy bears, a blonde mohair bear with orange and black glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with painted cloth pads and inoperative squeaker --12½in. (32cm.) high; and another similar with light golden mohair and seam label (both with some slight wear and thinning)
A Tara Toys post-war panda, with black and white mohair, orange and black glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head and jointed limbs with painted cloth pads --18in. (46cm.) high; and a Chiltern brown and white teddy bear with orange and black glass eyes, black plastic nose, swivel head, unjointed limbs with velvet pads, squeaker and label in side seam (slight wear)
A 1930s Chiltern-type teddy bear, with golden mohair, replaced too small orange and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with cloth pads, rounded hump and growler --21in. (53.5cm.) high (slight wear); a 1930s Merrythought Scottie (missing eyes); three other smaller Scottie types (one bald); a home-made Golly and a plastic Palitoy Jolly Jim ventriloquist puppet
Old teddy bears and two Steiff bears in suitcases, a 1940s Chiltern teddy bear with orange and black plastic eyes and brown oil-cloth pads --15½in. (39.5cm.) high; a large unjointed British teddy bear (crotch seam undone); a pink and white mohair British dog and a small Paddington (some wear and damage); and two yellow tagged unjointed Steiff bears in original suitcases
A large 1960s Merrythought teddy bear for Harrods, with golden mohair, orange and black plastic eyes, fully jointed and printed white label on foot --30in. (76.5cm.) high; a small Merrythought 1960s bear; a homemade bear; a felt duck; a small quantity of children's picture books including The Oohah Annual; and a Burbank Toys rabbit
A small post-war Chiltern Hugmee teddy bear, with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with painted cloth pads and inoperative squeaker --12in. (30.5cm.) high; and a Wendy Boston Sealyham terrier on wheels with label in back seam (some general wear and matting)
An early German teddy bear 1910-20, with remains of golden mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, inserted ears, swivel head, jointed limbs, beaded fringe outfit and seated in wicker bath chair --10in. (25.5cm.) high (very bald, missing or re-covered pad) - this bear is known a Phoebe
A small Schuco Tricky yes/no teddy bear, with beige mohair, clear and black eyes with brown backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, tail-operated head mechanism, jointed limbs with felt pads, card lined feet and inoperative squeaker --8½in. (21.5cm.) high (hole to heel, slight damage to three pads, some general wear and mechanism needs attention)
Two teddy bears, an orange mohair teddy bear with black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, re-stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs, hump and recent blue ruff --12½in. (31.5cm.) high (very worn, pads and eyes replaced, some stuffing replaced); and a large early looking teddy bear in white cotton lace trimmed jacket --26in. (66cm.) high (bald back of head, other areas of thinning and balding, general wear, claw stitching replaced and some stuffing replaced)
An early Steiff teddy bear with provenance circa 1908, with blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, hump and inoperative side-squeaker --9½in. (24cm.) high (bald spots, wear and thinning and pads re-covered); this was the childhood bear of Violet Dalrymple Meeke who was born in Dublin in 1905 and comes with a copy of a photograph of his owner and her sister
An early Steiff cinnamon mohair teddy bear circa 1909, with black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, card lined feet, hump, inoperative growler and FF underscored button unusually on the back of the left ear --20in. (51cm.) high (balding to legs and arms, thinning to top of head, other bald spots, general wear and slight repair to pads)
A very rare Steiff hot-water bottle Teddy Bear circa 1907, with golden mohair, boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, black stitched claws, hump, front opening with brass hooks, lined in brown cotton with cotton wadding insulation, original tin canister with screw cap at each end and small size FF underscored button in left ear --20in. (51cm.) high (bald strip on right hand about 2in x 1in, going into a hole, hole in pad same hand pad, nose stitching missing, probably muzzle re-stuffed, slight thinning to front of body, dusty top of head, slight general thinning and wear, two other small holes in pads and lace fastening a replacement); sold with an old leather suitcase where this bear has been stored for many years alongside the two previous lots Bonzo and the Man from Mars, a tag and written inside is 'Mrs Marshall and E.J. Marshall, 47 Croft Lane, Bromborough, Wirral, Cheshire - the vendor inherited these toys from his grandmother, but it is believe it from a previous generation, sadly this information or who the Marshalls are, is not known - 1907 and 1908 were cold years in Europe, so perhaps the idea of a hot-water bottle teddy bear was inspired by this, for some reason they were just not a big seller and between the years 1907 and 1914 only 90 examples were ever made. Perhaps they were expensive to produce and priced too highly compared to standard bears or possibly could they even have been considered dangerous? I have sold three of these hot-water bottle bears before, the first at Christie's South Kensington on the 3rd December 2002 for £32,900, the second at CSK on the 4th December 2006 for £31,200, then this same bear was sold again from the Paul Greenwood Collection at CSK for £20,250 and the last example sold in these rooms on the 6th November 2014 for £15000.
An A J McGaham Golly and Bear framed, called Buddies --19in. (48cm.) wide; four framed prints of Gollies and two mounted prints. These items are listed on the basis they are illustrative of by a gone culture in which there were different social norms. We understand the potential controversy surrounding this type of item but believe that providing transparent information about historical context fosters greater understanding of our complex cultural history. Originally handmade by mothers in Africa for their children from old fabric and cloth, the golly doll was adopted as the mascot and trademark for the Robertson's confectionery brand around 1910 after the company's founder John Robertson visited the US and noticed children playing with them. Robertson's Gollies have been collected by people across the UK and around the world for generations but garnered a contentious image in the 1980s because of links to racism. The trademark was removed from Robertson's branding in 2001.
A large Porzellanfabrik Mengersgereuth 23 character baby, with blue sleeping eyes, modern blonde wig, bent-limbed composition body and white cotton dress --24in. (61cm.) high (missing finger and wig pull on back of head); and a modern jointed mohair teddy bear using a 1930s Merrythought button and label
AUTOGRAPHS. A FINE COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER LETTERS to include autograph letters signed, unless otherwise stated, by Robert Southey (to Thomas Allis, Superintendent of the Retreat, York], Keswick, 25 October 1834, "A line from the Retreat conveying something like hope, would at any time be the greatest comfort that this poor family could receive.", James Montgomery, ANS in the third person, Richard Cobden (to Thomas Wilcock), Sir John Bowring, Jacob Bright (to his cousin Joshua Blakey), Lord Melbourne, [10] Downing Street to John Thwaites (the brewer of Blackburn), Sir James Stansfield, Elihu Burritt, LS partly printed, Richard Monckton Milnes (to Jacob Bright), Hugh Stowell, Sir Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax (to Joshua Blakey), Adam Sedgwick,Trinity College Cambridge, 5 February 1832 ("... the Alligator... I have neither heard of it nor seen any account of it: but I will make some enquires about it as I have no doubt it would be a very valuable specimen for our geological museum, our Philosophical Society has a beautiful collection of birds but no equal collection of skeletons"), Sir Wilfred Lawson, Thomas O'Hagan (to Jacob Bright), Charles Sumner (to Jacob Bright, a letter of introduction of George Washburn Smalley), John Phillips (the geologist, to Thomas Allis), William Yarrell to Thomas Allis, about the Zoological Society of London), Charles Waterton to Thomas Allis, Walton Hall, 7 July 1861 ("We shall be glad to see you and to treat you to a dish of mashed Gorilla at one o'clock..."), Thomas Bell (to Thomas Allis), John Gould (to Thomas Allis), Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Frederick Douglass, AL [1846/7], (fourteen lines from a letter or speech, "the darkest feature connected with the American slave system, is the countenance and support which it receives from the Religious organisations of that land, slavery finds its strongest support in the Church and the pulpits... the ministers of religion have been foremost in defence of slavery...Corrupt and degrading as are the politics of America they send no champion into the field in defence of slavery that will bear comparison with the ministers of religion - These come in sacerdotal robes and with bibles in hand, They enforce slavery in the name of almighty God"), Sir George Stickland, Alfred Newth, John Mercer (the scientist), William Edward Forster (to Joshua Blakey), John Bright (to "Dear cousin Joshua Blakey"), Henry Vincent Marquess of Clanricarde, David Edward Hughes [1878] (on the microphone: "My speaking boxes are formed of three pieces of fine charcoal..."), William Black (to Jacob Bright), Earl of Clarendon (to Jacob Bright), Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne (on the purchase of, and his experiments with telephones, Henry Cheetham Bishop of Sierra Leone, Thomas Bywater Smithies, Julia Bainbridge Wightman, Albert the Prince Consort, DS, (Great Exhibition 1851 certificate of the award of a medal to John Ward for services rendered to the exhibition), George III, DS, Court of St James, 22 June 1792, order to the joint paymasters to pay £11,236 17s 5d to certain general and staff officers in North America and the West Indies for their pay for the year to 24 December 1791, Duke of Wellington, General Sir Henry de Bathe, Sir Charles Dilke, Thomas Milner Gibson, Earl of Cardigan (1823), Bernard Barton (in the third person to the publishers of The Speculum), Sir Joseph Banks, Robert Owen, Braxfield [House] New Lanark, 28 July 1811 ("It has long been my opinion that there is not any individual so deserving of public patronage for their services to the community as yourself... your sincere friend Rt Owen"), Henry Lytton Bulwer, NS partly printed, Sir Francis Burdett to the Earl of Blessington, 29 January 1829 ("...Make my best regards to Lady Blessington & the other ladies and Monsieur D'Orsay with a thousand thanks for every thing..."), William Maginn, Barry Sullivan to Mr Turpin 16 June 1865 ("I have much pleasure in enclosing you a few Australian postage stamps all I have...."), 1st Earl of Ellenborogh, Maharajah Sir Duleep Singh (on Carlton Club notepaper), Lord George Bentinck (on India), Joanna Baillie [1824] ("I had no intimacy with any of the Poets you mention, Sir W Scott and Cambell excepted..."), George III, DS, 25 March 1809, commission appointing Edward Noble Bell adjutant of Melton Mowbray regiment of militia, Charles John Kean, Benjamin Robert Haydon to William Jerdan ("I am - beyond measure to pay my taxes to morrow, can you, will you help me with £10 till my pictures open in January?... pay pardon me"), Francis William Newman 1st Marquess of Normanby (the Whig politician and author), William Jerdan (letter of introduction of the traveller and author John Carne of Penzance), James Silk Buckingham, 1st Earl of Godolphin, DS, 27 June 1691, a pension of £4000 awarded to Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg, George IV, DS as Regent) Carlton House ,13 March 1817, on the appointment of six clerks and increases in salaries including that of the 'Necessary Woman' of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Sir Thomas Clifford, DS, 4 February 1669, a part payment of £3000 to the Earl of Sandwich Master of the Great Wardrobe, 1st Duke of Newcastle, DS, Treasury Chambers, 15 January 1762 to the Commissioners of Custom in Scotland appointing Robert Maclure a tidesman at Irvine, 7th Earl of Elgin (of the Marbles), Broom Hall, 7 May 1812, a letter of complaint in the third person to Mr Gow about an "extremely bad" pianoforte which the latter had supplied to Broom Hall "for the ladies Bruce", 3rd Duke of Portland, LS, Whitehall 10, August 1798, to Major General Keppel on the exportation of base coin, Henry Hunt (the orator), 10 January 1888 to the Editor of ?The Age? on the falsity of a report of Hunt's interrupting a performance of Madame Vestris at Covent Garden, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Louis Bonaparte, LS, Paris, 14 Ventose, an 10 [1801/2], Sir Robert Walpole, DS, Treasury Chambers, 2 January 1734, warrant for £2000 to be paid to John Hedges Treasurer and Receiver General to Frederick Prince of Wales, 1st Viscount Lyons, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Richard Owen (to William Buckland), Caroline Norton to Mr Amory, "I send some venison Lord Camoys has just sent here I hope it is in proper condition....I took my grandson to Carlton Terrace, to see the wreck and remember it hereafter He said -O but I should be saved by thinking of my wife & family"! It is all inexpressibly sad to me remembering them in childhood....", Dr Hook Dean of Chichester, William Husskison, Viscountess Strangford, Lord Heytesbury, William Buckland (11 December 1843), John Payne Collier (the Shakespeare forger), Charles Babbage (18 March 1856), John Hutton Balfour, William Spence (13 March 1838 to James Scott Bowerbank), Augustus Morgan and several others, SIGNED PIECES including passes by the following: Thomas Hughes, Samuel Fenton Cary, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, William Howitt, Thomas Alva Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Mark Roget, Queen Victoria, Duke of Cambridge, Felicia Hemans, William Godwin, Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Martineau, Victor Hugo, John Horne Tooke, George Cruickshank, William Harrison Ainsworth, Joseph Grimaldi, William Wordsworth, Martin van Buren, Barry O'Meara, Sir Robert Smirke, Sir Philip Broke, Frederick Denison Maurice and the 6th Duke of Devonshire,SIGNED ENVELOPES and free fronts For continuation of this description, please contact Mellors & Kirk
A mahogany doctor's travel pharmacy, with 20 original neck-cut bottles with cut stoppers (in different sizes, including 7 bottles with chamois leather closed over the stopper). In the drawers all kinds of powders and notes including one with opiates, a glass syringe, an hourglass, a thermometer, a measuring cup, a scale, a pipette, an ear syringe in a wooden spherical box with screw thread, three silver ear funnels and three mini bottles with cut stoppers and two glass cups with lids. Via a special pin on the front, a secret compartment at the back can be opened with four bottles, also with sharpened stoppers. The bottles in this travel pharmacy bear the designation of W. Hudson & Son, Chemists and Druggists, 27 Hay Market, London. England, around 1800.H. 26 cm. W. 22 cm. D. 17.5 cm.Condition report available onrequest.
Three Northwest Coast model totems Canada with painted decoration, the smallest by Tom Moses, North Vancouver, carved a thunderbird, an owl, a bear, a fox, a whale and a frog, inscribed, 39.5cm high, another with an owl above human, whale and bear heads, 93.5cm and the third with a raven, beaver and a frog, 72cm high. (3)
λAn Inuit amulet Alaska walrus ivory, modelled a human figure on the back of a polar bear, 10.2cm long, an Inuit walrus ivory harpoon head, with linear and raised dot decoration, 10.5cm long, an Inuit walrus ivory seal amulet, pierced for attachment, 5cm long, an Inuit walrus ivory elliptical toggle, 8cm long and an Inuit walrus ivory charm, 8.1cm long. (5) Provenance Oliver Hoare, London.
λA collection of Inuit implements Alaska walrus ivory and antler, including, a bag handle inscribed 1771 JH A.S, two needle cases, a club, a harpoon attachment, a fish amulet, a drag handle, a handle fragment, a link charm, a knife, a sewing implement, a handle, a fish charm, a polar bear head and a stylised animal head. (15) Provenance Seward Kennedy, London. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 1 March 2017, lot 220. Oliver Hoare, London.
[Grey, Al] Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin"Pilgrims of the Wild", Lovatt Dixon & Thompson, December 1935, photographic illustrations, blue cloth "The Men of the Last Frontier", Tour edition 1937, appears to bear signature 'Grey, Al' on tp, Country Life Ltd 1937, frontis portrait, photographic illustrations, grey cloth "The Tree", Lovatt Dixon Ltd 1937, pictorial cloth (3) BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID
1899 Scottish Football medal box awarded to Rangers FC and a Scottish silver medal, the red leather fitted case with gilt tooled lid RANGER F.C. 1899, with gilt Vaughton & Sons stamp to interior, together with an assoicated Scottish silver pierced medal, bearing the lion rampant and thistle emblems, hallmarked Birmingham 1907 by William Hair Haseler, 3 by 2cm., weight 6gr., both bear wear, the silver medal bears partial brooch clasp Possibly relating to James Wilson, the Rangers trainer from 1897 to 1914.
Gordon Durie match worn navy blue Scotland No.11 home jersey and full match kit from the 1991 European Championship Group Two Qualifying match against San Marino at Hampden Park, 3rd November, comprising long-sleeved jersey with country emblem and sponsor logo, reverse numbered 11, white shorts with country emblem and sponsor logo, numbered 11 and blue and red socks with country emblem, jersey and shorts bear pitch soiling; sold with Classic Football Shirts COA, a Gordon Durie signed letter of certification, Scotland v San Marino official match programme, an international instruction letter from the Scottish Football Association to Tottenham Hotspur and magazine colour image of Gordon Durie, (8) Scotland beat San Marino 4-0, Durie scoring in the 37th minute. Gordon Durie played for Scotland from 1987 to 1998 making 43 appearances and scoring seven goals. During a club career of 20 years, he played for six clubs including Tottenham Hotspur (1991-93).
Programme for the F.A. Amateur Cup Semi-Final between Enfield and Wimbledon at Champion Hill, 30th March 1935, four-page folded programme with team line-ups, sold together with a 1927 Wimbledon Reserves v Casuals Reserves official programme from the match played at Compton Road, 5th February, both bear wear with folds, crease lines, slight yellowing and staining to paper, (2) Wimbledon beat Enfield 1-0 but subsequently lost the Final 2-1 to Bishop Auckland at Stamford Bridge, 20th April.
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