C. 1930, 'Old Bill' for Liberty, Large Leather Elephant Bench (English).

Often referred to as 'Omersa', this particular model was designed and produced by 'Old Bill' who was the original designer of leather animals for Liberty of London from 1927 until handing over the reigns to Omersa in 1955 upon his retirement.

This extra large model was produced between 1930 and 1935, and is 86cm to the top of the trunk. It was designed as a fireside bench and as such most examples dried out and perished. This piece is in excellent condition, with no breaks, rips or tears. It features glass eyes and tooled leather.

This model's ears are also solid, over the flappy leather models, which from research suggests it was produced as a shop promotional model. This would explain how it has survived for almost 100-years and makes it an extremely rare example.

DIMENSIONS:

86cm H 99cm W

CONDITION:

No breaks, rips or tears. Leather is not brittle. Overall in good condition.