Merrythought micro Two Tone Cheeky teddy bear T6GOBK

One of Merrythought's endearing Cheeky teddy bears with trademark bells in ears.
Around 6 inches tall, handmade in Shropshire England, gold and black mohair and fully jointed.

Japan Limited edition
No 131 of 750

Two-tone Cheekys were created in two sizes for Merrythought's Japanese distributer, Canal Co, in 1998
(quoted from the book " MORE MERRYTHOUGHT MAGIC The bears, pandas and koalas " by Pat Rush)

I understand that the red stitching on foot suggests a Cheeky made for the Asian or Japan market

Comes with a small Merrythought 1998 International Collector's catalogue