This is a nightmare invention. Representing Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts. Bertie was intended to be endearing but lacked a face. Is he monocular or just screaming ? Although he is made up entirely of his own confectionary product, he is seen at a pic-nic eating Allsorts, a sort of self-cannibalism. Nevertheless, he has his attractions, eccentric articulation of the limbs and a striped torso.
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