Antique Fechter Austria Grey Mohair Bear Growler 19 Inch

Fechter AustriaRare Grey Mohair Bear19 Inch - Working Growler... Fechter Rare Grey Mohair 19 Inch Working GrowlerNo Fechter TagFamous Open MouthFelt TongueHandstitched NoseGlass EyesGrowler Fully WorkingFelt PawsFully JointedWith DiscsRight Arm Pad Has Tiny Hole In ItLeft Paw Pad Has a Bigger HoleAnd You Can See The Wood FiBerRight Paw Pad Is...

Fechter Austria Rare Grey Mohair Bear 19 Inch - Working Growler Fechter Rare Grey Mohair 19 Inch Working Growler No Fechter Tag Famous Open Mouth Felt Tongue Handstitched Nose Glass Eyes Growler Fully Working Felt Paws Fully Jointed With Discs Right Arm Pad Has Tiny Hole In It Left Paw Pad Has a Bigger Hole And You Can See The Wood FiBer Right Paw Pad Is Getting Thinner On The Top Body Is Hard Stuffed With Wood Fiber Filling He Measures Approx 48 Cm - 19 Inch Tall 36 cm / 14 Inch Sitting ** Please See All Pictures for Condition Bear is in Vintage Condition with some wear Sold AS IS Filling is very firm Wood wool stuffing Fur is High Quality Mohair much of the mohair used by Fechter was the same as used by Steiff but even better Please see all pictures for the condition Bear is in vintage condition With some wear from Age Don't Miss Out On Owning this vintage Collectors item from the 60's The Fechter Bears we are offering for sale Are very Rare & Hard to find It took many trips and business meetings to finally arrange the purchase and to make them available for you For Anyone who is interested in collecting one of the most prestigious and sought after Austrian bears We invite you to read our Bear facts page to see how Rare and hard to obtain and purchase they really are We are very fortunate to have been able to bring these bears to Ebay to the public and offer them for sale This item will be shipped Worldwide by TNT Post Netherlands. Method used: IPP Airmail Priority Signed For with Tracking. Fechter Bears - The History Fechter is the best known of the Austrian Bear makers making bears from 1930 to 1979 After WW2 Owned by Wilhelm & Berta Fechter of Neustadt Germany Berta learned her trade working at the Nicol Steiner Factory in 1949 Registered their business in a house in Leonhardbach district First materials used were American army blankets & towels Then they used excellent quality Mohair Berta who was such a hard worker made sure everything was run absolutely perfect She would make sure her employees were always working to make her bears the best and would often say " No time for idle chat " Anyone who worked for her would apprentice for 3 years in college to learn everything they could about bear making and then apprentice again at her factory.. All Fechter Bears were VERY EXPENSIVE to buy and they wouldnt sell them through department stores which made them harder to obtain.. The bears were made with mohair and had open mouths.. Very few had closed mouths and are rare and hard to find now. Austrian buyers loved the open mouths Uk buyers loved the closed mouths 1960's - 1970's Major expansion and the factory was moved to Wies in 1973. Wies is a town in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria in Austria. From 1973 Fechter began to use the Styria Tags. Sadly Berta Fechter died and her husband Wilhelm took over the factory until 1979.. Wilhelm Fechter passed away in 1983 and the contents of the factory sold to a dealer from Usa As you can see the history of Fechter Bears is very interesting and to actually own one of these bears is a must have for any true bear collector See my other listings for more great items! For Many Years We Supply Vintage, Antiques Rare Collectibles & One of a Kind Irreplaceable Items Buy with Confidence from One of the Worlds Top Trusted Sellers of Vintage & Retired Bears "Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store" Deuteronomy (ch. XXVIII, v. 5) Custom Designed for SSB, © In My Cedar Chest - All Rights Reserved.