(1915-20) Experimental stitching Green button ) high (tail missing covering

) high (tail missing covering

hump and inoperative growler —15in

She has a lovely shape and she's really firm

Horatio is a very early bear

tip of right hand pad repaired and slight damage to two others)

(1915-20) Experimental stitching Green button ) high (tail missing coveringPre labels and buttons and made during their experimental period, these bears would have been produced between 1915 and 1923. Although similar to the Chad Valley bear designs of the 1920s the features on these bears are unusual enough to give some doubt as to the maker. There was a postcard of a smiling little girl, a smiling doll and a smiling Chad bear like this one. These bears were then known as Smiles bears. Other bears in the Chad Valley Section