An Original Hand Made Soft Toy

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Artist/Maker	Chad Valley Company Limited (manufacturer) Playmates Toys (manufacturer)
Place of origin	England (manufactured) Hong Kong (manufactured)

originally housed in a plastic bag with label stapled to the top
card label printed in colours to show the title and maker's details
owl is of mottled orange, brown, white and black fur fabric, orange felt with orange ribbon, black and white bulbous eyes
FIRE TESTED
hanging seat with chain of moulded plastic representing cream wicker

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Object type	Soft toy
Parts	This object consists of 3 parts. Label Owl Figure Hanging Seat
Title	An Original Hand Made Soft Toy (series title)
Materials and techniques	fur fabric, moulded plastic Fur Fabric Plastic Moulded
Brief description	Chad Valley, English, about 1977
Physical description	originally housed in a plastic bag with label stapled to the top card label printed in colours to show the title and maker's details owl is of mottled orange, brown, white and black fur fabric, orange felt with orange ribbon, black and white bulbous eyes FIRE TESTED hanging seat with chain of moulded plastic representing cream wicker
Dimensions	Owl height: 8in Seat height: 9in
Production type	mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	May 1977, No. 1692 (written on seat) 1691 (written on label)
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history	Part of the Palitoy Archive Fire tested with burns on the body; eye have been removed for testing.
Production	the seat was made in Hong Kong by Playmates Attribution note: tested and number samples Reason For Production: retail
Other numbers	1691 (owl) - sample number 1692 (seat) - sample number
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.1504:1-1999

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Record created	November 6, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49199/an-original-hand-made-soft-soft-toy-chad-valley-company/

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