Henze and Steinhauser (1936) 11ins Ears high on head

Ears high on head

’JN’ a Chad Valley for Peacock Stores teddy bear 1930s

The bear has his blank button

this makes me think he is a transitional bear

He has long luscious mohair and 'Happy' written on his huge linen feet

Henze and Steinhauser (1936) 11ins Ears high on headThese are 2 photos from German catalogues. The black and white pic shows a bear made by a company called Henze and Steinhauser. The other golden bear was made by the same company. So many times this type of bear labelled as American. It is almost impossible to identify many bears because they were produced in massive quantities by hundreds of manufactures (many short lived) so it is sometimes better not to try to guess at the maker of some bruins.