Much Loved Old 24 Inch Straw Stuffed Teddy Bear valentine rppc Northwest Coast

Northwest Coast

with many many years of self-inspection left it in

Over time I've found a few of these late 19th/early 20th century handmade clowns

but what a lot of wonderful detail and patten is packed in

which these two may have

Much Loved Old 24 Inch Straw Stuffed Teddy Bear valentine rppc Northwest CoastWhat a face! No way could I not bring him home; someone, or someones, loved him so much! Photos don't convey his scale he's a full 24 inches when stood up with jointed arms and legs, and quite solid and hefty, being snuggly stuffed with straw. One ear has been mended a few times over I think, and at some point someone sewed tan corduroy over his feet and one side of his hands, surely as reinforcement, but now making him feel all the more like Corduroy