Bing Teddy Bear Research Paper
In 1908
I love to when people are surprised to learn that there was another german toy company that made teddy bears. Most people know about Steiff bears and Ideal bears, but in 1865 Bing toy company was founded by Ignaz and Adolf Bing who started making tin and kictenware and it wasn't until 1890 when they started making enameled and tin toys. In 1907 during the height of the teddy bears sensation is when Bing began making teddy bears. The first bing bears were made with a metal arrow in the ear with the letters G B N in a diamond. Steiff objected and sued bing over the tag in the ear. So bing moved it to the under the arm but Steiff still objected because of the word "button". Bing decided to put a label under the arm with G. B. N. …show more content…
But after being sued by Steiff it was later change to a mark under the left arm. But for legal purposes it could not be called a button.
The early bears were made of mohair and were woodwool, the ears were small and were set far apart almost to the side of the head, they had black boot button eyes and hump on their backs and was easily mistaken for Steiff bears.
Pre 1907-1915
These bears had round head with small ears on side of the head, made of high quality mohair had boot button eyes with long arms and curved paws. On the smaller bears the nose was stiched with a horizontal stitching, the larger bears over 16inches had vertical stitching for the nose. Also these bears had a short muzzle and small facial features. they had G.B.N. metal button under the arm until 1910.
1916-1920's
They had a wide head with larger ears set on the side of head, the eyes were change to glass eyes that had a black pupil with dark brown or amber painted back. Also made of quailty mohair with long arms and curved paws. These also had the horizontal stitching on the smaller bears and on the larger bears over 16 inches had the vertical stiching for the nose. Also had a longer muzzle. the metal tag was under the arm or metal label was on the body or on one the
I love to when people are surprised to learn that there was another german toy company that made teddy bears. Most people know about Steiff bears and Ideal bears, but in 1865 Bing toy company was founded by Ignaz and Adolf Bing who started making tin and kictenware and it wasn't until 1890 when they started making enameled and tin toys. In 1907 during the height of the teddy bears sensation is when Bing began making teddy bears. The first bing bears were made with a metal arrow in the ear with the letters G B N in a diamond. Steiff objected and sued bing over the tag in the ear. So bing moved it to the under the arm but Steiff still objected because of the word "button". Bing decided to put a label under the arm with G. B. N. …show more content…
But after being sued by Steiff it was later change to a mark under the left arm. But for legal purposes it could not be called a button.
The early bears were made of mohair and were woodwool, the ears were small and were set far apart almost to the side of the head, they had black boot button eyes and hump on their backs and was easily mistaken for Steiff bears.
Pre 1907-1915
These bears had round head with small ears on side of the head, made of high quality mohair had boot button eyes with long arms and curved paws. On the smaller bears the nose was stiched with a horizontal stitching, the larger bears over 16inches had vertical stitching for the nose. Also these bears had a short muzzle and small facial features. they had G.B.N. metal button under the arm until 1910.
1916-1920's
They had a wide head with larger ears set on the side of head, the eyes were change to glass eyes that had a black pupil with dark brown or amber painted back. Also made of quailty mohair with long arms and curved paws. These also had the horizontal stitching on the smaller bears and on the larger bears over 16 inches had the vertical stiching for the nose. Also had a longer muzzle. the metal tag was under the arm or metal label was on the body or on one the