Bidspirit auction | Vintage Brooke Bond tea chimpanzee

Vintage Brooke Bond tea chimpanzee doll - A rubber-faced ”chimpanzee family” character used in advertising for PG Tips tea in the UK from the 1950s. Brooke Bond was a tea company known for its distinctive packaging and tea cards. Chimpanzees were famously used in TV commercials for PG Tips (a Brooke Bond brand) for 22 years, featuring them in human scenarios like tea parties. The figure features a soft body with a moulded rubber face, commonly known as rubber-faced monkeys.