SONNEBERG MUSEUM BEAR 2019

#26 – 2019 LIMITED MUSEUM EDITION 100 PIECES WORLDWIDE.

This is the twenty-sixth in the series of Sonneberg Museum Bears, this wonderful Teddy is five-way jointed and measures 36cm They are handmade from mohair with felt paw pads and traditionally stuffed with excelsior filling.  His cheeky expression comes together with friendly eyes and a hand-stitched nose. He features a  growler and has his very own drum made from suedette. This beautiful bear is a very classic design reflecting the famous bears of early last century. He wears a white collar with a green velvet bow.

He also holds drumsticks in his paws. The logo of Hermann bears.His limited edition details are embroidered on his foot pads. Hermann have issued a very special Museum European Edition of only 100 bears. We have secured our initial stock of bears from the Museum Edition of 100 which we believe will be of immense interest to our collectors and will have an even greater collectable value over the normal editions.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE SONNEBERG MUSEUM.

The Sonneberg Museum is one of the oldest toy museums in the world. In the possession of the museum there are some old Teddy Bears made by Max Hermann, who gave these bears to the museum in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The idea of Max Hermann was to give Teddy Bears to the museum for protection, so that they will be preserved for prosperity. In 1994 Ulla Hermann decided to design a special bear for the Sonneberg Toy Museum every year and to give always the number 001 of each model to the museum. This bear is handed over to the president of the museum every December for the previous year.

These bears are then released in a European (250) and an American (500) Editions in January of the following year. In Australia we mostly get the European Editions but when they sell out we can often get the American ones.

The common sign of all of these Sonneberg museum bears is the embroidered representation of the “Sonneberg Little Horseman” as the symbol of the old tradition of Sonneberg Toys.

Sonneberg is a town in Thuringia , Germany , capital of the district Sonneberg . Till the 19th century it was very well known for its toy industry