Tessa- William Simpson Teddy Bear Collection

Tessa- William Simpson Teddy Bear Collection

This teddy bear was named 'Tessa' by Mr William Simpson, an avid collector of more than 250 teddy bears. This teddy is complete with homemade clothes, including a blue check cotton dress with red bow and cream tassel at front, paste star-shaped brooch, black woollen hat and a silver colour elastic necklace with metal and red stone ornament. Presumably these clothes were made by Mr Simpson.

This teddy bear was bought in Lyme Regis in 1988 and partnered with Terry another teddy in his collection. Tessa was made in Korea. The similarity between the two bears lead Mr Simpson to associate the two.

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