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Swiss Bears
Swiss Bears. Switzerland is renown for the Black Forest wooden bears but the Swiss also excelled at musical movements often used in teddy bears such as Steiff or Bing. Below…
Early 20th Century Bears
Early 20th Century Bears. Bears became very popular in the early 20th century after Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear. It was the birth of the Steiff teddy bear…
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Dancing Bears
Antique dancing bears are highly sought after and are very entertaining. Many early dancing bears take the form of the bears used in circuses which, thankfully, is a practice which…
Honey Bears
Honey Bears. Who doesn't love a honey bear? Technically, honey bears refer to four different species of bear, the black bear, sun bear, sloth bear or kinkajou. However, in the…
Albumen Prints
Albumen Prints. The albumen print, also called albumen silver print, was published in January 1847 by Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, and was the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic…
Bear Frescos
Bear Frescos. Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder…
Chinese Bear Paintings
Chinese Bear Paintings. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guóhuà (simplified Chinese:…
Ming Dynasty Bears
Ming Dynasty Bears. The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming…
Han Dynasty Bears
Han Dynasty Bears. The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC–220 AD), preceded by the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period…
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Gilt Bronze Bears
Gilt Bronze Bears. Gilt bronze, also called ormolu, is the term used to describe the gold-finished bronze decorative art objects from the 18th and 19th centuries. Reference: LAPADA Below are…
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Polar Bear Lithographs
Polar Bear Lithographs. Lithography is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate…
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Christophe Fratin
Christophe Fratin, also known as Christopher Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. He exhibited…