Much Loved Old 24 Inch Straw Stuffed Teddy Bear Paris vaudeville act with one very tiny

with one very tiny

I think it might be it

From an old estate in Cambridge

Taking their name from the town of Saltillo

with ebony backs and three brass pins positioned more or less on the horizontal

Much Loved Old 24 Inch Straw Stuffed Teddy Bear Paris vaudeville act with one very tinyWhat a face! No way could I not bring him home; someone, or someones, loved him so much! Photos don't convey his scale he's a full 24 inches when stood up with jointed arms and legs, and quite solid and hefty, being snuggly stuffed with straw. One ear has been mended a few times over I think, and at some point someone sewed tan corduroy over his feet and one side of his hands, surely as reinforcement, but now making him feel all the more like Corduroy