Mary Plain, a 1930s Farnell teddy bear the childhood bear of Valerie Spencer, with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws going slightly onto pads, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, rounded hump and squeaker —19in. (48cm.) high (slight thinning); a brown mohair seated spaniel puppy, a Crown Ducal Red Riding Hood baby plate and Royal Cauldron Ride a Cock-Horse bowl; The House at Pooh Corner; Marquis, a book given to her father from Val & Paul, a recent copy of Mostly Mary, where a bear called Mary Plain is the main character, a large studio photograph of Valerie eating from the baby plate, titled ‘’Tea Time’ and signed Arthur H Spencer (her father) —20in. (51cm.) high and five other photographs of Valerie by her father - this was the childhood bear of Valerie Spencer, born on the 18th February 1935 and was from the Liverpool area, her father was an amateur photographer and took the photographs; Mary Pain comes from a book by Gwynedd Rae ‘Mostly Mary’, it is known that this bear was a Farnell and they also made a bear with this name, but it is not known if Valerie just decided to call her Mary Plain or this is one of the bears sold as this character