Somer is a 1908 Steiff somersaulting bear. He still works! Wind his arm round and he winds up! He is 12 inches tall with boot button eyes, jointed arms and legs and a swivel head. His right arm has the clockwork mechanism which activates the somersaulting movement. His brown mohair is mostly gone

The previous owner says “THIS RARE BEAR WAS A GIFT TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AS A CHILD IN 1908 OR 1910 FROM HER FATHER, HARRY C. GAMMETER THE INVENTOR OF THE MULTIGRAPH MACHINE–FORERUNNER OF OUR COPY MACHINES.”A lovely rare boy

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