An Early Four Piece Shop Display Collection of Dartmouth Pottery Miniatures sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Steiff produced an all-black bear

Steiff produced an all-black bear after the Titanic disaster

and one of considerable age

went on to found Collins and company

was born in 1848 near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire

After studying in Ayr

An Early Four Piece Shop Display Collection of Dartmouth Pottery Miniatures sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Steiff produced an all-black bearOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 Depth: 10. 5 inches Width: 10 inches Height: 10. 5 inches (at maximum) An early collection, Dartmouth Pottery began in 1948, the four pieces in contrasting colours, two in pastel shades, a lustrous red and the white of the swan. All the pieces are stamped Dartmouth underside and there are no chips, cracks or signs of restoration. There is a tear to the presentation box,