Featured teddy bear age / maker

Hi folks

picked up this charming old ted yesterday for under a tenner.
i regretted selling my old one, even though he sold very well, this ones a bit better i think.
longer moving limbs, glass eyes, stuffed with quite a hard material.
fur is mohair or non synthetic (burn test)
13 inches tall
no editing needed, he photographs like a dream

any help appreciated

 

He is adorable!

I'd say home sewn. Stuffing material could be excelsior.

 

Brilliant help, thanks Judy !!

hes lovely aint he

is excelsior quite a hard material then ?

 

You're welcome. Wait for other opinions.............they may differ from mine.

https://www.google.com/search?q=exc...5NjQ2ajBqMTWoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Great pics.

 

That guy looks just like my brother's (store-bought) bear from the 1960s!

 

He’s very like my fifties one. Might be Merrythought.

 

awesome, thanks obb

 

If you know someone who does a lot of crafting, or home sewing, have them take a look at the construction. In hand, it would tell you if home sewn or not. I have no idea of the "who" if manufactured. But OBB gives you a good possibility to chase.

 

hes a bit like this merrythought replica of the christopher robin edward bear

https://www.merrythought.co.uk/edwa...zroGua_lYnK6TnOFA1wP4VQQx0M7DsIxoCV3EQAvD_BwE

 

the original was by farnell and looks pretty close to a farnell ?

https://auction.gorringes.co.uk/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=191118+++++3+&refno=10440300

 

And, here is one to make yourself.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20060908194311/www.planet-teddybear.com/pdffiles/woodland.pdf