This German teddy bear is a very early Teddy Bear made by Josef Deuerlein in Nuremberg, Germany. The Deuerlein toy company was founded in 1854, and made many types of mechanical toys, including tumbler bears.  When you raise his arms, you can hear the mechanism move, but he does not tumble.  One of his arms comes completely off, and you can see the rod that it goes on.  The arm could be sewn back on.  Both legs also come off.  They hook on to a metal piece that runs through the bear's torso.  They could also be reattached.  Please see close-up photos.   He comes from the same collection as the other bears that I have listed.  She had her bears appraised by a teddy bear expert in the 1990s.  There was not a full evaluation done of this bear, but she did write on a tag "1910-Nuremberg Josef Deuerlein" Mohair - Tumbler. As Is $750.00" (see photo of tag).  On the back of the tag, it says see "page 47 of German Teddy Encyclopedia - Non-working Clockwork".

He measures approximately 9" tall/long. He is made of mohair fur, and his eyes are made from shoe buttons, which were used on the earliest bears. The nose is stitched of black yarn horizontally, with an upside-down Y mouth.  The stitching is in remarkable shape for the age.  None of the paws have stitching. His fur is thinning all over, and is made of mohair.  His vest is made of felt, and has tiny silver buttons. It reminds me of an English hunting vest

Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like more photos.  I will try and answer your questions within 24 hours.  Thank you for your interest in this darling bear!

SHIPPING:  
I will ship your item the same day if the post office is still open, or first thing the next day.  If you buy more than 1 item from me, I will combine shipping.  You just pay once at the highest shipping rate of your items.  I use the US Post Office, FedEx, or UPS, whoever provides the fastest shipping.  I am in Columbus, OH, so the package should arrive to most of the US in approximately 3 days or less. If you are outside of the continental US, I will charge the actual cost of shipping. NO returns on International purchases.   I insure all shipments for full replacement, so I can refund you immediately, if anything should happen in shipping.  But I still do take great care to pack everything as well as I can :)

RETURNS:
I will accept returns within 2 weeks of receipt, if the item was damaged in shipping or does not match my description.  I can not accept returns because you change your mind.  Please contact me before returning anything. I can not accept international returns.





























































































































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