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Swiss Bears

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:04:31 +0000

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…

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Early 20th Century Bears

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 14:19:39 +0000

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

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 09:30:04 +0000

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…

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Honey Bears

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:53:39 +0000

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…

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Albumen Prints

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 09:53:37 +0000

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…

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Bear Frescos

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 09:21:00 +0000

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…

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Chinese Bear Paintings

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:43:22 +0000

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:…

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Ming Dynasty Bears

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 13:30:47 +0000

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…

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Han Dynasty Bears

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:01:05 +0000

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

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:25:32 +0000

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

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 10:53:41 +0000

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

antiquevintagebearsadmin — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 08:01:29 +0000

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…

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