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A Large Early 20th Century Steiff Teddy Bear, with button to his ear, large black button eyes, stitched nose and mouth, replacement kid leather pads, stitched claws, 70cm (a.f.) £500 - 800
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Early 20th Century American Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus Figures, including two elephants, bay horse, two donkeys, cream wolf, three clowns with wooden hats and a slightly larger example with a fabric hat, three clown outfits; six white painted chairs in two sizes and three ladders, all are made of solid wood, the figures and animals have jointed limbs and they are painted in enamel colours £200 - 300
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An Early 20th Century Steiff Teddy Bear, in light brown mohair with boot button eyes, stitched nose and claws, felt pads, with growler, 35cm (a.f.) £150 - 250
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Circa 1930's and Later Lion Soft Toys, comprising a Steiff reclining lion, with pink stitched nose, claws and painted pads, 40cm long; another possibly Steiff seated lion with brown stitched nose and glass eyes, 26cm high; a Similar Seated Cub with jointed head, stitched claws, 16.5cm high (3) £100 - 150
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19th Century Wax Shoulder Head 'Quaker' Doll, with blue glass eyes, painted eyelashes, eyebrows and lips, blonde wig modelled in a long plait wrapped to the back of her head, fabric body, wax lower arms and legs with painted boots, wearing a grey silk dress, and matching Quaker bonnet, cotton and wool undergarments and silk shawl, 45cmWith accompanying hand-written letter, stating the original owner lived at Bristol and 'was a member of one of the largest Quaker families in England' £100 - 150
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Late 19th Century Bisque Shoulder J.D Kestner Doll, impressed '147', with blonde wig, sleeping brown eyes, open mouth, on a kid leather body and bisque lower arms, fully dressed with cotton and lace undergarments, cream silk dress trimmed with velvet, matching cape and black feathered hat, 46cm £80 - 120
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Large Handwerck Halbig Bisque Socket Head Doll, impressed '99' '14', with blonde wig, brown sleeping eyes, open mouth, pierced ears, on a composition ball and joint body, fully dressed in a white lace dress with lace trimmed cotton undergarments, cream wool and silk cape and bonnet, 76cm £100 - 150
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A Mid-19th Century China Shoulder Head Love Token Doll, with pierced ears, moulded and painted hair and face, bisque lower arms and legs, on a fabric body, wearing a wine red lace trimmed jacket, pleated tiered skirt, attached oval wool panel, edged in pink silk and embroidered with a love heart and 'G B' '1846', 21cm; A Bisque Shoulder Head Doll, with moulded hair and painted face, wearing a red and blue uniform with trim decoration, carrying a barrel on a strap, a bag with needles in and a pair of scissors, also with a wicker basket pin cushion; 19cm; Small China Shoulder Head Doll, on fabric body, 10cm (3) £100 - 150
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Late 19th Century Large Wooden Painted Dolls' House, front opening enclosing four rooms, unfurnished, two chimneys to the roof and fret carved detail to the front, white painted windows and door, 120cm high, 75cm wide, 37cm depthProvenance: The Garnett family, Quernmore Park, near Lancaster £80 - 120
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Pair of Circa 1950's Käthe Kruse Dolls, the little boy is dressed in a red cotton long sleeved top and short with ric rac trim, red leather shoes and wool socks, red beret, with painted face and blond wig, marked to the underside of both feet with Käthe Kruse signature and printed in red '4?860', the other with '510' handwritten, 48cm; the little girl wears a pretty red ground floral short sleeved dress, red leather shoes and wool socks, brown wig worn in plaits, painted face, marked with Käthe Kruse signature and the number '4?123' to one foot and handwritten with '511' to the other; together with one volume l.Richter, the Beloved Käthe Kruse Dolls, and 42nd Edition of the Doll Advertiser (4) £1000 - 1500
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Circa 1960's Sasha Doll, with brown wig, painted details to the face, wearing dungarees with a white shirt and white shoes, 41cm; Another Smaller Sasha Doll of a young boy with brown wig, wearing blue corduroy dungarees and white cotton t-shirt (2) £300 - 500
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An Early 19th Century Diorama, of a wax pumpkin head doll with brown eyes, in a fine dress decorated with floral corsages, the glass case is lined with floral paper and hung with flowerheads, 43cm by 48cm by 19cm £100 - 150
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Circa 1850 'Belgravia' White Painted Wooden Dolls' Town House, from the Vivian Green Collection, with an Italianate facade of pillars and shaped windows, with two front opening doors, enclosing six rooms over three floors with central staircase, papered and carpeted with curtains hung to the windows, fully furnished with Walterhausen furniture, twelve bisque and china head dolls, including children, babies and other modern figures, accessories including pictures, clocks, rugs, china, metalwares etc, 112cm by 86cm by 47cmProvenance: Belgravia was from the collection of the late Vivien Greene, regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on dolls' houses. Vivien bought it during WWII in 1944, it was known as a commercial dolls' house, a box back typical of those made in London during that time. £4000 - 5000
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Assorted White Table and Bed Linen, including examples with crochet edges and lace insertions etc (two boxes) £100 - 150
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Large Early 20th Century Lavender and White Cotton Reversible Quilt, with central lavender panel with canted corners to the centre, quilted with four butterflies, with two deep frames, 200cm by 229cm £120 - 180
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Late 19th Century French Wholecloth Crib Quilt, printed with red flowers on a white cotton ground, reversible, with diamond tram line quilting, 86cm by 74cm £80 - 120
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A Late 19th Century Log Cabin Quilt, worked only in red and white, brown and black creating lines of diamonds, within a turkey red cotton scalloped edge, white piping and floral cotton to the reverse, 195cm by 230cmProvenance: from Teesdale, Co Durham £300 - 500
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A Late 19th Century Unfinished Quilt, appliquéd with green baskets to the centre of the quilt, within a border of green and peach flower heads, original blue pencil lines visible, 210cm by 245cmProvenance: from Teesdale, Co Durham £200 - 300
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Late 19th Century Turkey Red and White Patchwork Quilt, centre worked with hexagonal wheels, followed by a frame of red and white squares, then a turkey red border, strippy patchwork to the reverse, incorporating a variety of quilting designs, 230cm by 250cm £200 - 300
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Late 19th Century Log Cabin Patchwork Quilt, comprising silk and velvet patches, with pale blue cotton reverse, 210cm by 205cm £300 - 500
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Late 19th Century Log Cabin Pattern Patchwork Quilt, comprising silk and velvet patches, with a floral striped reverse, 185cm by 212cm £100 - 200
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Late 19th Century Large Patchwork Cover, comprising hexagonal patches overall in floral and striped printed cottons, central turkey red flower head, embroidered 'Emily Marsden 1881', with red patches radiating from the centre terminating in two large hexagonal outlines, cream reverse, 250cm by 280cm £300 - 500
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Large Early 20th Century Reversible Whole Cloth Quilt, in pale apricot cotton and pale yellow to the reverse, decorative quilting including fluted cones with flowers, stars and roses, diamond background, hammock pattern to the edges, each corner with a large rose filled with patterns, 200cm by 238cm £150 - 250
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Early 20th Century Reversible Whole Cloth Quilt, in pale pink and white cotton, with a central pattern of of filled leaves bordered by eight roses on a background of diamonds, each corner with roses and leaves, within a border of plaited design, 201cm by 225cm £120 - 180
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Late 19th/Early 20th Century Reversible Patchwork Quilt, with a central square pattern of mid blue and pink cottons, framed within roses of triangles, wide strips of patterned fabric to the reverse, 208cm by 216cm £120 - 180
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Late 19th Century Patchwork Cover, worked in frames with rectangular patches, with a central block edged with turkey red floral cotton, cream to the reverse, 184cm by 190cm £150 - 250
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Early 20th Century Patchwork Cover, with eight pointed stars incorporating various cotton dress fabrics, on a blue and white striped background, within a pink floral sprigged block work design, white cotton to the reverse, 167cm by 226cm £120 - 180
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Late 19th Century Bible Patchwork Cover, comprising white cotton squares printed in black with religious verses and quotations, accompanied by turkey red squares and within a similar border, cream to the reverse, 138cm by 175cmBible quilts were used in most homes of people whom were sustained by the Bible. They were also known to have hung on the walls of hospitals to enable the sick to read the quotations, especially for the soldiers coming back from war whilst recovering from their injuries. £250 - 250
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Assorted Decorative Linen and Textiles, including a bed cover embroidered with exotic flowers, Marcella bed cover, two large cloths embroidered with shamrocks and thistles etc, drawn thread work cover, hand crochet bed cover etc (two boxes) £100 - 200
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Late 19th Century Welsh Turkey Red Cotton Quilt, in Glamorgan pattern comprising raised flower heads of six petals/hexagons overall, zigzag edge, 196cm by 244cmProvenance: made by the sisters of the vendor's great grandfather, Auntie May and sister. The stuffing used came from lambswool on the family farm in Herefordshire/Welsh Border £300 - 500
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Circa 1920's American 'Lesters' Patchwork Quilt, incorporating printed cottons dating from 1870-1920, using Lester's shirts and dress fabrics, cut into 90 degree triangles, by his three unmarried sisters, within trims of blue and black stripes, green and blue floral to the reverse, made in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 175cm by 210cmProvenance: Bought in 2001 at a large auction held over several days of the sisters' quilts £100 - 150
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Circa 1880 American Unfinished Hand Pieced Patchwork Top, incorporating printed cottons in mauves, pink, creams and blues, grid design with diamonds to the centre, 206cm by 217cm; Similar Circa 1920's/30's American Unfinished Hand Pieced Patchwork Top, incorporating checked and striped cotton fabrics patched into squares using triangular shapes, made in Ohio, Mid West, 187cm by 210cm (2) £120 - 180
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Circa 1930's American Triple Wedding Ring Patterned Quilt, on a yellow cotton ground with coloured patchwork cottons, orange cotton stars and orange trim to the scallop edge, cream reverse, made in Charleston, South Carolina, 200cm by 147cmThe Triple Wedding Ring Quilt, is a special quilt made for 50th wedding anniversaries. One way to distinguish this design from the double wedding ring pattern, is that it has six sides inside the circles, whereas the latter only has four. £100 - 150
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Circa 1880 Canadian Wool Log Cabin Quilt, incorporating checked and plain wools, home spun fabric in grey, purple, red, black, peach and black, within a red and black trim, red wool reverse, made in Ottawa, 220cm by 195cm £120 - 180
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Canadian Red Cross Society Quilt 1939-45, incorporating bright coloured printed cottons, designed in a crazy patchwork style, embroidered to the edges of each patch, green wool 'tufts' overall, cotton reverse, with stitched red woven label 'Perth Ontario Branch', 230cm by 190cm £100 - 150
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Circa 1900 African American Block Quilt, incorporating bright decoratively coloured printed cottons, in a medley of blocks randomly extended, possibly to fit a bed, similar border in red, white trim and white reverse, Atlanta Georgia, 220cm by 176cm £100 - 150
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Circa 1880 Large Durham Whole Cloth Strippy Quilt, incorporating cream and pink floral fabric designs, pink to the reverse, 212cm by 223cm £200 - 300
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Circa 1890 Durham Whole Cloth Quilt, with faded rose pattern to the front, white cotton to the reverse, quilted in wiggly worm pattern, 230cm by 240cm £120 - 180
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Early 20th Century Durham Reversible Quilt, with mustard and pink graduating frames to one side and strippy design to the reverse, with gathered frills to the edges, 175cm by 210cm £120 - 180
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Large Late 19th Century Turkey Red and White Strippy Durham Quilt, with cream reverse, north county quilting, 205cm by 220cm £100 - 200
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Circa 1899 Cumbrian Patchwork Frame Design Quilt, made by the Mitchell Family, incorporating primarily pink and mauve printed cottons in various designs, zigzag quilting, flour sacking to the reverse printed with the name Walmsley & Smith Millers and Corn Merchants, Barrow-in-Furness, 214cm by 212cm £200 - 300
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Circa 1920 Elizabeth Sanderson of Allendale Whole Cloth Quilt, with central eight pointed star, within rows of quilting on pale yellow cotton to both sides, 225cm by 208cm £200 - 300
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Large Late 1880s Welsh Irish Chain Quilt, in turkey red and white cotton, within a deep border of diamonds and triangles, cream to the reverse, 234cm by 250cm £200 - 300
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Early 20th Century Welsh Tailors Samples Quilt, incorporating coloured and patterned wools, tweeds dating between 1860-1920, same to the reverse, made in Merthyr Tydfil, 180cm by 195cm £120 - 180
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Circa 1890 French Reversible Red and Yellow Whole Cloth Quilt, with tram-line quilting in red thread, with large heart appliqués to each side, swagged and corded border, 150cm by 155cm £120 - 180
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Circa 1780 French Yellow Floral Printed Whole Cloth Quilt, with striped and patched reverse, rounded corners, corded border, 145cm by 150cm £120 - 180
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18th/19th Century French Bonnes Herbes Whole Cloth Quilt, with a pink floral flower head printed cotton on a green and black ground, with large flower heads to the border, diamond tram-line quilted, green cotton to the reverse, 104cm by 107cm £100 - 150
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Early 19th Century Chintz Marriage Quilt, with a central square naively embroidered with a vase of flowers, love hearts, within a foliate border, bears the name ' Mary Brown' dated '1827', four further smaller squares to each corner, remainder is a chintz printed with exotic birds and floral motifs, with a white cotton reverse, 252cm by 255cm £300 - 500
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Large Early 19th French Magenta Toile de Jouy Whole Cloth Quilt, depicting colonial scenes of tigers, lions, elephants including some being ridden, eastern style figures on horseback wearing turbans and brandishing sabres, African figures with spears, ostriches being chased by mounted figures, and a red cotton reverse printed with a gold motifs, 300cm by 325cm £300 - 500
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Large Mid-19th Century Mustard Toile De Jour Wholecloth Quilt, titled 'Traite des Nègres', it was designed by Frederic Etienne, the design of this roller-printed cotton is based on engravings of two paintings by George Morland titled 'Slave Trade' and 'African Hospitality', produced to rally support in France for the abolition of the slave trade, Etienne has developed Morlands scenes emphasising the innocence of the Africans and the destruction to this created by the Europeans, 238cm by 220cm £400 - 600
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