What kind of button is on a Steiff teddy bear?
Steiff’s exclusive trademark is a metallic button in the ear of each plush animal. Careful examination of the metal button in a Steiff toy can give a reliable indication of a teddy bear’s age. Search the teddy bear for any paper chest tags or metal ear buttons.
How can you tell when a Steiff bear was made?
Search the teddy bear for any paper chest tags or metal ear buttons. The tag or button may be buried in the mohair of older bears. Read any inscriptions on the paper chest tag. These tags are usually circular and coloured yellow or half red and yellow. The tag should state the bear’s name.
Is the Steiff patriotic bear missing an ear button?
This patriotic bear has shoe button eyes, tan stitched nose, mouth, and claws, felt paw pads, and original blank button. The condition is very good with overall wear to mohair and pads. Continue to 7 of 17 below. This doll is missing its ear button although the hole is present.
What kind of animal is a Steiff 10 bear?
Steiff 10″ White Bear . This mohair bear with blank Steiff button in the ear has shoe button eyes, tan stitched nose, mouth, and claws, and felt paw pads. The condition is very good to excellent.
What do the buttons on a Steiff look like?
Modern Steiff buttons on regularly issued animals are brass and have “Steiff” incised in the surface and are accompanied by a yellow ear tag in red print with the EAN (European Article Number) shown on the reverse. (example of front & back shown in the collage above in the lower left corner).
Is the Steiff bear missing its ear button?
This jointed 9″ dog has short mohair coat and shoe button eyes, stitched nose, mouth, and claws. The condition is very good even though it is missing its Steiff ear button. Continue to 6 of 17 below. This patriotic bear has shoe button eyes, tan stitched nose, mouth, and claws, felt paw pads, and original blank button.
Steiff 10″ White Bear . This mohair bear with blank Steiff button in the ear has shoe button eyes, tan stitched nose, mouth, and claws, and felt paw pads. The condition is very good to excellent.
When did Steiff trademark the button in ear?
The Steiff “Button in Ear” trademark (Knopf im Ohr) was registered in December 1904 and patented in 1905. All Steiff animals produced from late 1904 to present day have a metal button in their ear (or fin, or foot) and from 1908/1909 a fabric label accompanies the button.
