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Description
12" (30 cm.) Standing upon a pair of wooden skis is a polar bear, of paper mache with lavish white fur cover, and having bead eyes and open mouth with fiercely-shaped teeth, tongue, wire muzzle, extended arms holding ski poles. When wound, the bear moves slowly forward, raising his arms, and growling. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1910 from the firm's series of mechanical animals, this example likely inspired by Robert Peary's discovery of the North Pole in 1909. Value Points: rare example from the mechanical animal series with wonderful detail of accessories.