(1915-20) Experimental stitching Hermann

(1915-20) Experimental stitching HermannPre labels and buttons and made during their experimental period, these bears would have been produced between 1915 and 1923. Although similar to the Chad Valley bear designs of the 1920s the features on these bears are unusual enough to give some doubt as to the maker. There was a postcard of a smiling little girl, a smiling doll and a smiling Chad bear like this one. These bears were then known as Smiles bears. Other bears in the Chad Valley Section

Other bears in the Chad Valley Section with this unusual stitching

Button Yes Label Yes Hygienic Fabric Mohair bald nearly Size 16 ins Eyes Glass Features Paw/ pad original stitching

She is quite large

Edgar is a very early Teddy with an unusual cloth rectangular label high on his back near his neck

Effie has had this name all her life and was with one owner all this time

so this is one of their first pieces

Date 1930 Make  Chiltern Button   Label Fabric Mohair  Size  22 in Eyes Glass Features Beautiful condition Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Felt and velvet Stuffing Woodwool/Kapok Clothes Scarf Growl Number 88V

There is general mohair loss and replacement pads have been removed and replaced with a brown material like the originals

Button Label Fabric Art Silk White Size 11 inches Eyes Clear glass with painted backs Features Rod jointed with visible metal discs Jointed 4 ways

inoperative squeaker and printed label in front seam —11in

These bears have flat triangular heads

She does not have a label