Sold (1920) Bing. Bonhomie Sold £600 Mohair Cinnamon Date 1914 Make William Terry

Date 1914 Make William Terry Label Fabric Mohair Blond Size 20 ins Eyes Glass Features Original Stitching Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Stuffing Woodwool Clothes velvet jacket Growl Number 214A

Jointed Fully jointed Pads Recovered Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Growl Number 179A

Growl Working Growler Number 191V

She is another magnificent bear

while later ones from the 1950s and 60s used softer fillings like kapok or foam rubber chips

Sold (1920) Bing. Bonhomie Sold £600 Mohair Cinnamon Date 1914 Make William TerryBonhomie is a (16 ins) Bing teddy bear from the Cotswold teddy bear Museum with brown mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs, seam down back of leg, hump and inoperative growler 16in. (40. 5cm.) high (bald areas and wear, pads recovered, one ear half lose and top of right arm seam open) This bear was sold at Bonhams auction for this museum in