Steiff 404207 TEDDY BEAR BAERLE 35PAB 1905 REPLICA

[Steiff: 404207]

made of finest long piled mohair
light brown
fully (5x) jointed by cardboard disks
with glass eyes
with sealed wax nose
stuffed with kapok fibre
surface washable
limited edition of 6,000 pieces worldwide in 1993
this is unique number #4945
with gold plated "button in ear"
50 cm / 20 inches
Caution: This product is not a toy and is intended for adult collectors only.

UPC: 4001505404207

In 1902, Richard Steiff, Margarete Steiff's nephew, designed the first jointed bear which, under the name "Teddy Bear", quickly came to occupy an important position in the toy world.

Whilst the limbs of the first Teddy Bear were fastened to its body by means of strings, it was as early as 1905 that Steiff developed the cardboard disc joints that is still in use today (!).
In 1993 Margarete Steiff GmbH reproduced the first of these jointed bears, the Baerle 35 PAB 1905.

Like the original he is sewn from the finest mohair plush, is stuffed with very soft kapok fibre and has a sealed wax nose. His claws and mouth are hand stitched and his paws are made of high quality wool felt.