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Hi, Teddy Talkers
I would like to introduce Vincent Leonardis, another of my new traditional-style bears. It is kind of a long name for a little bear - my friends thought he looked like an artist and should be named after one. Some suggsted Leonardo and some Vincent, so I hedged by bets and combined the two.
I took the idea for Vincent's jacket from the embroidered linen people serve afternoon tea on. My mum had a lot of these when I was little.
Vincent will be listed on my website in the near future.
(Not for sale - but joining in on the photoshoot - is Vincent's friend, Abraham Steiffenhov. One of the first vintage toys I collected on my travels, he dates from the 1930s.)
Hope you enjoy the pictures, folks!
Kind regards,
Claire.