Merrythought Ming Panda Heritage Collection Baking Color Options: Choose from three exquisite

Color Options: Choose from three exquisite color options – Blue

at the monarch’s request

- 100% Cotton velvet

De Rosa create unique pieces

adorned with additional elements

Merrythought Ming Panda Heritage Collection Baking Color Options: Choose from three exquisiteSize H 20 cm L 30 cm In 1939, Merrythought was commissioned by London Zoo to design a life life (and life sized!) soft toy version of 'Ming', who is perhaps the most famous giant panda in British history and the first to set paw on British soil, in 1938. The brief was to create a copy so accurate, that it could act as a stand in for Ming when she wasn't in her enclosure! Merrythought rose to the challenge and created what was the world's first ever