Sunny (Summer) - William Simpson Teddy Bear Collection

Sunny (Summer) - William Simpson Teddy Bear Collection

This teddy bear was named Sunny (Summer) and  belonged to Mr William Simpson, an avid collector of more than 250 teddy bears. Sunny has a swivel head and jointed limbs. He has a Steiff ear button / label as well as a card label attached to his left back leg. He wears a royal blue shirt, the front of which is adorned with a golden embroidered sun with a smiling blue face. He also wears sunglasses, which are fixed through his ears. 

Dylan (Spring) (HMCMS:D2008.3.71), Sunny (Summer),  Scrumpy (Autumn) (HMCMS:D2008.3.73) and Hamish (Winter) (HMCMS:D2008.3.74) make up the Four Seasons Collection of Steiff bears, sold between 1997 and 1999.