Pick of the week: Sale supplies simple bear accessory of life as Doulton Lambeth discovery found among the weeds

When auctioneer Tony Pratt spotted a mysterious shape in the undergrowth of a back garden in Hythe he wasn’t expecting to uncover a very large pottery bear.

Hidden in shoulder-high overgrown grass and weeds, what turned out to be a 2ft 5in (75cm) high Dou…

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