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t-bear
6th May 2011, 17:00
Hi, I'm not a bear collector, but I found a bear at a garage sale that
is a cinnamon brown, with tan nose, paws and feet. Paws and feet are felt. the head seam goes down the middle of the face. It has the hump back, and the nose has a rounded glass nose, like a half a marble,
it has glass brown eyes. It is jointed, but I don't feel a rod.
I've been reading on bears since I found it, but really clueless.
It's 18 inches, it has no tags, no holes, and kinda cute.
I would really appreciate your expertise.
Thank you so much, Evelyn
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elize
10th May 2011, 20:21
Looks like he is made form artificial silk. He may be a Knickerbocker bear but I will have to do more research.

elize
11th May 2011, 19:37
The glass nose is very unusual and I could not find any information on bears with glass noses. :(

Plastic noses were used after World War II and artificial silk or man-made fibers were used after WW I, so we can assume this bear was made between WW1 & WW II.