Straw Bear - ceramic figurine
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About this item
An earthenware decorative ceramic figurine featuring the Whittlesea Straw Bear, a straw folklore character from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The bears are glazed with a beautiful glossy wheat colour glaze and are tied up with string! Each bear is hand-made so they are similar but unique. Size is approx. 14cm tall. I AM AN EARTHENWARE CREATION - that means that although I am beautiful and strong, I should ideally spend my life indoors. I can be put outside during warmer, dry weather but please take me back inside when it gets wet and cold so that the frost and damp don't cause me to crack. Price is per item.
About this item
An earthenware decorative ceramic figurine featuring the Whittlesea Straw Bear, a straw folklore character from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The bears are glazed with a beautiful glossy wheat colour glaze and are tied up with string!
Each bear is hand-made so they are similar but unique.
Size is approx. 14cm tall.
I AM AN EARTHENWARE CREATION - that means that although I am beautiful and strong, I should ideally spend my life indoors. I can be put outside during warmer, dry weather but please take me back inside when it gets wet and cold so that the frost and damp don't cause me to crack.
Price is per item.
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This item will be posted to you by Wrenfolk Ceramics within 3 days of receiving payment.
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You can cancel the order and get a refund from the maker within 14 days of receipt, provided the item has not been used. Faulty items can be returned within six months of payment being made.
Unless faulty, the following types of items are non-refundable: items that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements; items which deteriorate quickly (e.g. food), personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken; digital items.
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The Whittlesea Straw Bear festival has been running in Peterborough since at least 1882 and has had many guises in that time! Revived in 1980, the festival is now a colourful weekend of parades and Morris dancing, celebrating the New Year and Plough Monday. The dancing Bear himself is paraded through the streets, with his little junior bears and musicians. They're so adorable, but if you want to go and see him next year make sure you go on the Saturday. If you go Sunday they'll have already burned him!
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