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A very rare Steiff hot-water bottle teddy bear
A very rare Steiff hot-water bottle teddy bear with golden mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, remains of black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads and black stitched claws, hump, FF button in ear, opening at front seam fastened with brass hooks and brown lace with coiled brass tips and rare original tin cannister, circa 1907 --19½in. (49.5cm.) high (some thinning to mohair on face, chest and tips of limbs, holes in right foot and hand pad, slight holes in others, missing most of nose and mouth stitching and cannister dented and missing one stopper) ; two small studio photographs of the owner as a young girl; and a colour print of a portrait of the owner by Rose Bonner, date 1909 (3)