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Here comes a rare find, an Italian vintage Flip Doll or Flip Toy, a Bear and Bunny Topsy Turvy doll, made by u201cTRUDY`. The firm was founded in 1954 and our bear-bunny doll here must be one of the first creations of Mrs Trudi Mu00fcller Patriarca from Tarcento.
The makeru2019s mark is located on the bunny side of the flip toy (see photograph).

The bears and bunnyu2019s heads and paws are made of mohair (from 1960 on the firm preferred to use only u201cnew` - read: artificial materials) and they both have glass eyes, also an indication of the early make, from 1965 on only plastic safety eyes were allowed to use with all toys and playthings! The bear has an open felt mouth and the overall shape of its head reminds strongly of the at the time hugely popular u201cZotty` bear shape (first introduced in 1952 by Steiff and extensively copied by many toy makers) ? also hinting to the 1950s!

The doll is made of two heads, a bunny head and a teddy bear head ? you flip them and one of them vanishes under their shared red on one side and blue on the other side gingham cotton skirt ? both have arms and mohair paws. Both also have fine embroidered noses.

Please, do see all the photographs! The heads of both the bear and bunny are magnificent, of very good quality, and firmly stuffed. The red, blue, and white checkered cotton is old but flawless, and has a very sweet white felt rim.

The full length is 38 cm / 15 inches without the bunniesu2019 ears, measured head to seam of the skirt.

This extraordinary rare vintage cloth doll is in very good condition! There is only one trace of age; the left eye of the bear has a very slight scratch (my cam could not capture it; it is barely to be detected).

Please, do be aware that this listing is for the vintage double ended flip toy ONLY! All other items you see in the photographs will NOT come with the shown old bear and bunny toy!

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*Please notice: This vintage Trudy flip toy does not belong into the hands of children; he may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our time! So, it is not a childrenu2019s toy, though an adult collectoru2019s & vintage toy and doll loveru2019s item for decoration & display only!

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