SOLD (1907) Columbia Laughing Roosevelt. Smiler 14.5ins one hand pad replaced

one hand pad replaced

general wear and thinning and eyes probably replaced)

amber and black glass eyes and a non working growler

He belonged to her father as a child in 1912 and when she was a little girl

He came from The Witney Bear Shop

SOLD (1907) Columbia Laughing Roosevelt. Smiler 14.5ins one hand pad replaced18 1 2" 1907 LAUGHING ROOSEVELT TEDDY BEAR. MADE BY COLUMBIA OF NEW YORK, NOVELTY BEAR WITH SPLIT WOODEN MOUTH AND TEETH. ORIGINALLY WHEN THE BEAR'S STOMACH WAS SQUEEZED HIS MOUTH WOULD OPEN SHOWING HIS TEETH. CONSTRUCTED IN THE FASHION OF A "STICK BEAR" HE IS DISK JOINTED AT HIS NECK, SHOULDERS AND HIPS. HE WEARS A TEDDY ROOSEVELT PIN ON A RIBBON AROUND HIS NECK. VERY RARE BEAR. MECHANISM THAT OPENS HIS MOUTH NO LONGER WORKS, MOHAIR IS SPARSE AND HAS