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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.","physicalDescription":"A brown wollen cloth fully jointed teddy bear. The eyes are small black beads and the nose and mouth stitched with black wool. It is wearing a blue cotton dress with blue embroidery with matching belt, a floral cotton petticoat, a white cotton petticoat and a flannel petticoat, in addition to a cotton drawers. 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