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Posted 2 years ago
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Hi all, I bought this bear the other day, all I know is it’s a 1920 German bear , I haven’t actually received it yet it should be here Thursday, if u have any idea of maker I would appreciate it , thanks
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It is a fine looking bear regardless. I can tell it is an old one. Look up "teddy bear identification".
Hi he arrived today, he is much nicer in the flesh, he’s a lovely golden colour.
Definitely very old, with a long snout and shoe-button eyes. A quite respectable. nice-looking old fellow.
Thanks
Do u think before 1920
It is possible that he is a few years older. The very first bears looked like that, with a long snout and shoe-button eyes. Then they had glass eyes and later plastic eyes.
Bears are not as old as dolls though. The idea of making teddies first came up in 1902, when Roosevelt refused to shoot a defenceless baby bear during a hunting trip, while dolls have been around for much longer.
I love old teddies and have quite a few myself!
I do too, do u think German or American?
Do u think he could be an early bing?
I’ve just been told he’s a pre 1920 American bear
By an auctioneer expert
Yes, I think he is American too.
You were right
Although Daniel Agnew from christies said 1920 German, I been told pre 1920
The ears look American: https://zandkantiques.com/Early_American_Teddy_Bear_3.html
I think antique German bears also had longer feet, at least Steiff bears.
Yea I agree
Has anybody got any name ideas lol
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Thanks justlooken, have u any idea of maker
Have you tried a reverse image search to find similar images of bears? Although unfortunately for bears and dolls it is quite difficult because they are often identified just as that - bears or dolls, and then many images come up that are not really similar, but if you are patient and go through many images, who knows, you might find your bear. Occasionally I have found what I was looking for this way.
I never tried using that , thanks