About Tanya Hall Expertise I can answer questions on collecting today, whos in whos out in the bear wold, I can answer any question on making of the bears, most collectable bears of the modern times, some on older bears, where to buy bears, what to look for in a good artis bear
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20 years as a Graphic designer
5 years as a teddy bear designer and maker
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Expert: Tanya Hall Date: 1/28/2004 Subject: Teddy Bear ID
Question I have just discovered that my old Teddy has been kept by my Mother. I would very much like to identify him. He bears (sorry!) no labels. He is golden furred, about 18" tall, fully jointed,has three black stiched claws on paws & feet and, when rocked, "jingles". He was made between 1955-1960(ish). Any ideas would be welcome. Many Thanks J.G.
Answer Hi there
What a lovely treasure to find, well going on what you said it sounds like a chiltern teddy, but it is very difficult without pictures to tell you.
Chilterns had a bell in the ear mostly, and Merrythought had bells inside their Cheeky bears, but the Cheeky is very distinct.
The best thing for you to do is to photograph him back and front laying flat, and send the Pictures into the Teddy Bear Times magazine, the experts there will pinpoint the bear for you as they will be able to identify him from the pic.
Teddy Bear Times
Star Road
Partridge
Green
West Sussex
RH13 8RY
Place it for Joe she is very good with this sort of thing. Their website for contacts also is: http://www.teddybeartimes.com/
They have special experts on the older teddy bear, a Chiltern is normally gold coloured with dark oval paddy paws, his nose is shorter than a Steiff, Steiff did at the time put 3 claws on their bears, but I have not heard of a Steiff with a jingle.
