Merrythought Ming Panda Heritage Collection Brand_RoyalSelangor Comes with a 45cm sterling

Comes with a 45cm sterling silver chain to compliment the pendant

He also wears a decorative bejewelled replica crown upon his head

Only a compact size of 16 cm

found off the coast of Alaska

Merrythought Ming Panda Heritage Collection Brand_RoyalSelangor Comes with a 45cm sterlingSize 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