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946 Vintage 17” Chad Valley Golly Missing Jacket

946 Vintage 17” Chad Valley Golly Missing Jacket

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Vintage 17” Chad Valley Golly soft toy, offered with the jacket missing. This seated figure has black fabric and fur-style hair, cream-coloured eyes, a red painted smile, a yellow torso, orange-red legs and black feet. Wear is visible, including a frayed and torn area to one foot. Of interest to collectors of vintage British toys and Chad Valley memorabilia.

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Vintage Chad Valley Golly Soft Toy

This lot is a vintage Chad Valley Golly soft toy, offered as a 17” figure. Chad Valley was a British toy manufacturer, and this example is catalogued with the description “Missing Jacket”, which indicates that the jacket associated with the figure is not present. The doll is seated with its legs extended forward and its arms hanging loosely at its sides. Its head is covered in black velvet-type fabric, with a textured black fur-style hairstyle surrounding the face, cream-coloured eyes with dark centres, and a red painted smile. The body has a yellow fabric torso, the legs are covered in orange-red fabric, and the feet are finished in black fabric with visible stitched seams.

Condition and Collector Interest

The toy shows wear consistent with its age. One foot has a frayed and torn area, with loose stitching and exposed thread visible. The jacket is recorded as missing, so the doll is offered in the condition described in the hint and is not represented as complete. Buyers should note that the Golly character is regarded by many today as a racially offensive caricature. For collectors of vintage British toys and Chad Valley memorabilia, this piece may hold historical interest as an example of pre-war and mid-century soft toy design, though its suitability for display or purchase is a matter for each buyer to consider.

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