Antique Vintage Bears

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY RELIEF MOULDED PLASTER PLAQUE OF A POLAR BEAR

Plaster Bears

Plaster Bears. Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English "plaster" usually means…

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Antoine-Louis Barye

Antoine-Louis Barye (24 September 1795 – 25 June 1875) was a Romantic French sculptor most famous for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals. His son and student…

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Antique and Vintage Bears Asian Bears Chinese Bears

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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A SUPERB GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BEAR CHINA, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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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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John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon (After) POLAR BEAR (PLATE XCI)

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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…

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Royal Doulton Figurines

The Royal Doulton company began as a partnership between John Doulton, Martha Jones, and John Watts, as Doulton bought (with £100) an interest in an existing factory at Vauxhall Walk,…

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Ivory Mohair Bears

Ivory Mohair Bears. Ivory is an off-white color that resembles ivory, the material from which the teeth and tusks of animals (such as, notably, the elephant and the walrus) is…

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Antique and Vintage Bears Mohair Bears Teddy Bears

Apricot Mohair Bears

Apricot Mohair Bears. Apricot is a light yellowish-orangish color that is similar to the color of apricots. However, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots. Reference: Wikipedia Below are some…

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Steiff

Margarete Steiff (July 24, 1847 – May 9, 1909), was a seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, making toy stuffed animals. Born in Giengen, Germany, Margarete was the…

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A Meissen white figure of a polar bear early 20th century

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Polar Bear Figurines

Polar Bear Figurines. A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small statue that represents a human, deity or animal, or in practice a pair…

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WONDERFUL GRAND-SIZE FRENCH AUTOMATON "THE PERFORMING BEAR" BY DECAMPS

Antique and Vintage Bears

Automatons are self-operating machines designed to automatically follow a predetermined sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions. Reference: Wikipedia Below are some examples of bear automatons.

Antique and Vintage Bears