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8" (20 cm.) and 10". Standing upon wooden bases are nine performing animals, each posed with arms outstretched and with tail neatly curled around the edge of the base or pinned to its backside. Each has tiny black shoe button eyes, and original silk neck ribbon or leatherette collar. Included are seven velvet animals, viz. white elephant with tusks, cream piglet with painted brown spots, two dogs with tan or brown spots; cream kitten with tabby markings, terrier dog with brown face mask and back torso, cream bunny with long ears; and a fleecy lamb; along with the kingpin white mohair bear with shoe button eyes and red felt robe and crown with gold and metallic trim. Generally excellent. Germany, Steiff, circa 1900, the velvet skittle animals were available from Steiff as early as 1892, the European complete set comprised these nine animals. Extremely rare to find a complete set especially so well preserved.