Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oooh the pic of your Zotty didnt show up before! he's very nice 

Hi Becky,
Thank you, I am quite ignorant when it comes to makers, it was pure chance I came across the fetcher make! and I was able to find out about the zotty hermann I already had because he was missing the stieff bib!... I think for someone like me, who has a lot of very old bears with no makers name, it can be hard to get much info!

I like bears that look like they've had a real 'life' not just sat unplayed with! so most of mine come to me in what some would call 'poor' condition... is there anywhere on here I can post photos of my other closed mouth bears and see if anyone knows anything?

I'm very much in appreciation of your assistance 
Angie

Hi there Sue, thank you, I didnt know how long they were in production I thought they closed their factory in 1979, but it was just an artical I read somewhere online, from what you say they shut the year before I was born!

Here are the two red mouthed bears, the smaller one as you see is ready for a little restoration, the larger one looks very jolly!

Ah, I thoght a zotty bear is a bear with open mouth, though i was confused to read the term zotty derived from a german term for shaggy! the bear i think to be a fetcher bear has the open mouth and turned paws...
the two bears i have with completely red inserts have their pads to the inner side...the 14" bear that is balding originally had darker brown fur, the large bear has uite orangey fur and is rather tubby, both are stuffed with wood wool....im wondering if i can put a pic up!.....here is the zotty i believe to be a fetcher

hi i actually have come to believe its a fetcher bear, who made their zotty bears post ww2 in austria, which is great! I know this has hard stuffing, ounds like wood wool which would be to old to have been made in the 1980's, thankyou though!

I also have two other zotty bears i cant seen to trace a maker for, one is about 14" and pretty sparse of fur, the other is about 20" and has the sshaved muzzle, both have completely red inserts in their mouths, and guidence there would be appreciated!

Hello there, I am wondering what info there is out there about Zotty bears, I have a little hermann one and have just bought one from ebay, 11" which seems to have a red insert in his mouth rathr than the peach colour, does and one know who made the red mouthed Zotty bears, apparently it has no tag or label
Many thanks