BOXED 16" MERRYTHOUGHT MOHAIR TEDDY BEAR 'BLENHEIM'
This lovely collector's bear was made by Merrythought. He is a limited edition bear made exclusively for members of the Merrythought International Collector's Club and purchase was restricted to one per member. He is called 'Blenheim' and was designed by Jacqueline Revitt. He has lovely mohair fur the colour of Cotswold stone and wears a Chinese brocade waistcoat. He is fully jointed and has a brown stitched nose and mouth. He has plastic eyes. He has a working growler inside. He has a Merrythought International Collector's Club label on one foot and retains his original ribbon tags sewn into one seam and his original card ear tag. He also retains his original Merrythought box, certificate of authenticity, and outer card shipping box. He is limited edition number 98 and this number appears on the certificate, on a small hand-written label on the box and hand-written on one of his tags. He dates from 1997.
Condition: Overall in near mint condition with only some very slight storage wear. His card ear tag is creased. The box has some minor scuffing and wear around the edges and corners. It has some grubby marks and there is some creasing to the lid of the box. The bear retains his original Merrythought branded external carboard shipping box which is worn with use and has various labels, sellotape and writing on it.
The approx. measurements are as follows:
40cm high. (Ref. #13655)