soft toy doll of "Peter Rabbit" sitting on hind legs, dressed in blue, gold-bordered coat with four buttons and red slippers with leather soles, four whiskers intact, small metal button bearing 'Steiff' on left-hand ear, small sewn repair to coat near one pocket, a few other minor holes, slight mottling to material near one shoulder, but overall a very good example, leather slippers bearing traces of German manufacturing stamps, approx. 300 mm. tall, [c.1909]. *** Unquestionably one of the better examples of the rare unauthorised Peter Rabbit dolls produced in Germany to come on the market in recent years. Beatrix Potter who always it seems had an eye for the commercial opportunity, had herself been planning a stuffed toy version of Peter, writing to Norman Warne in December 1903 that she had was "...cutting out calico patterns of Peter, I have not got it right yet..."; unfortunately however due to the Free Trade arrangements with Germany these 'cheaper' editions started to dominate the market, which led Beatrix to her first proper dalliance with politics, producing various pamplets and posters to try and impact on the upcoming 1910 election with her proposal for tariff reform.
soft toy doll of "Peter Rabbit" sitting on hind legs, dressed in blue, gold-bordered coat with four buttons and red slippers with leather soles, four whiskers intact, small metal button bearing 'Steiff' on left-hand ear, small sewn repair to coat near one pocket, a few other minor holes, slight mottling to material near one shoulder, but overall a very good example, leather slippers bearing traces of German manufacturing stamps, approx. 300 mm. tall, [c.1909]. *** Unquestionably one of the better examples of the rare unauthorised Peter Rabbit dolls produced in Germany to come on the market in recent years. Beatrix Potter who always it seems had an eye for the commercial opportunity, had herself been planning a stuffed toy version of Peter, writing to Norman Warne in December 1903 that she had was "...cutting out calico patterns of Peter, I have not got it right yet..."; unfortunately however due to the Free Trade arrangements with Germany these 'cheaper' editions started to dominate the market, which led Beatrix to her first proper dalliance with politics, producing various pamplets and posters to try and impact on the upcoming 1910 election with her proposal for tariff reform.
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