This new baby hippo is incredibly popular and looks lovely with its mother our handmade leather hippo standard due to its smaller size this makes a lovely home accessory but is unsuitable for use as a footstool mummy hippo does that job rather well these animals have become a collectors item since they first went on sale in london in 1927 each hippo has its own individual personality owing to its handmade construction from the highest quality leather taking between 6 8 week