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The two boys, Gilbert and Donald, and three girls, Nellie, Constance and Maud, were all born between 1885 and 1892. Between them they owned a vast array of soft toys including nine teddy bears. These would have been among the first available bears in England. The children were devoted to their toys. They made beautiful clothes for them, took them on holiday, photographed them and painted their portraits. Drawings by the children tell us that this bear is called Tommy.","physicalDescription":"Teddy bear 'Tommy' made of pale Yorkshire cloth and fur with felt pads, black glass eyes and black embroidered nose and month. Dressed in a white cotton sailor suit consisting of a white shirt with a blue trim, a black ribbon and a white lanyard and matching trousers with white buttons. 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This teddy bear belonged to her children, who also made their own elephant soft toy called 'Pumpie'.  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