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Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
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Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)

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funrainbow (1919 ) View Listings
funrainbow
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Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
May 28, 2012 06:19 PM

Hello there

 

I have this lovely old teddy I'm hoping to identify.

 

He is stuffed with straw and kapok.  He has glass eyes and a growler.  His stitching is up his back rather than the front (seems unusual?)  He is fully jointed/poseable as you can see in photos.

 

He has the remains of some red string/wool around his neck which I believe originally had his label upon it.  I previously found reference to this being the mark of a William J Terry/Terry's bear but I cannot find where I saw that now! Anyone know if this is true?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for any and all help,

Funrainbow
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Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)

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funrainbow (1919 ) View Listings
funrainbow
Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
May 28, 2012 06:19 PM

Hello there

 

I have this lovely old teddy I'm hoping to identify.

 

He is stuffed with straw and kapok.  He has glass eyes and a growler.  His stitching is up his back rather than the front (seems unusual?)  He is fully jointed/poseable as you can see in photos.

 

He has the remains of some red string/wool around his neck which I believe originally had his label upon it.  I previously found reference to this being the mark of a William J Terry/Terry's bear but I cannot find where I saw that now! Anyone know if this is true?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for any and all help,

Funrainbow
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Jun 24, 2012 04:48 PM
by frodo49343 (864 ) View Listings
bethy56 (4477 ) View Listings
bethy56
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Re: Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
May 29, 2012 05:49 PM

I'm thinking Chiltern Hugmee bear around 1940's - but Frodo has a better eye than I -
frodo49343 (864 ) View Listings
frodo49343
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Re: Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
May 29, 2012 06:47 PM

I thought Chiltern Hugmee, too. However, his face is not quite right (it's a little long) and his claw stitches are wrong. He should have four claw stitches, grouped in two's (two on one side of the pointy toes and two on the other side). He could be British and it's just another company imitating their pattern, but I wonder if he isn't Australian.


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funrainbow (1919 ) View Listings
funrainbow
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Re: Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
Jun 24, 2012 01:44 PM

Thanks so much bethy and frodo for taking a look at this bear and giving your opinions.

 

Chiltern is a name we've been suggested before so this is interesting it keeps coming back to that company.

 

I do wonder who this little guy is but will keep on searching :) He does seem unusual as his seam is up his back - not the front - is that often seen/done?

 

Thanks again!

Funrainbow
frodo49343 (864 ) View Listings
frodo49343
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Re: Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
Jun 24, 2012 04:39 PM

Every time I see your bear the first thing I think is "Australian." Australian teddy bears very often look like British ones; Australia, of course, has a strong British connection (Queen Elizabeth is their head of state).


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frodo49343
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Re: Help IDing vintage English teddy bear please (lots pics)
Jun 24, 2012 04:48 PM

There are general rules about closing seams, but I don't really go  by them as they're not consistent. One might say that most German bears will have their closing seam in the back and American bears will have theirs in the front, but I just checked two of my early American stick bears, and one was closed in the back and the other in the front. The better the bear, the harder it is to tell where the closing seam is.I checked my British bears and they are all closed in the back.


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