Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens... are a few of Julie Andrew's favorite things for sure! What's on your list? Hopefully a piece of Steiff, or two or three! Steiffgal is traveling this week, so in the interim before next week's new question and answer post, she thought she would share a few treasures with you that she has had the pleasure of adding to her collection over the past year or so. So without further ado, please check out her top three highlights!
The first item is both huge and tiny at the same time! Here we have Steiff’s 12-centimeter baby Dinos Stegosaurus dinosaur. He
is unjointed and standing on all fours, made from tan-colored mohair
that has been painstakingly hand airbrushed in a full spectrum of
greens, blues, purples and browns. Dinos has a matching felt fin along
his back and a sweet, baby-like face. His head is detailed with an open,
pink lined felt mouth; green and black google style eyes; and little
yellow felt ears. Dinos was produced in 12 and 42 cm as a U.S. exclusive
from 1958-59 only. He retains his complete set of ID that
includes a named chest tag, raised script button, and crisp, fully
legible yellow ear tag.
The second item is quite a doll - literally. What we have here Steiff’s Zwerg Puck or Dwarf Puck, who stands
20-centimeters tall and is five-ways jointed. He is quite detailed and
very charismatic for his size! His face, a classic “center seam” design,
is made from felt and is detailed with shiny black eyes, a comical,
round nose, an open, smiling mouth, ruddy cheeks, large ears and a very
long, white mohair beard. He has large, clown-like felt hands and very
skinny fabric legs. His clothes, which are integral to his body, consist
of a light blue felt jacket, a brown felt shirt and blue and white
cotton calico pants. He has donned a triangular-shaped yellow mohair
hat. He has very large feet (proportionally) and is wearing denim
blue-colored fabric boots.
And finally - it's quite clear this fantastic find has quite a purse-sonality. What we have here is Steiff’s Charly Handtasche or Charly
Purse. This precious pooch is 22 centimeters tall in a standing (albeit
slouchy) position with a jointed head. She is made from long and short
mohair plush and her ears and tail are brown-tipped mohair, while her
body and face are off-white mohair. Her face is detailed with oversized
brown and black-pupil eyes and a simple black hand-embroidered nose and
mouth. She also has black embroidered claws on all four paws. And here’s
what makes her a purse: her belly is hollow like a pouch, and is lined
in lime-green velvet. It closes with a study brass zipper. The pouch
volume is quite small; it probably is the volume of about a small-sized
apple. According to Steiff records, this Charly Purse was produced in 22 and 25
cm from 1927 through 1940. This particular example, with her trailing
“F” Steiff button and red ear tag, was made in the 1928-through-1934
time frame.
Steiffgal hopes this 1-2-3 review of delightful Steiff treasures has been a delightful numbers game for you.
Have
a question about one of your Steiff treasures? Let's talk! Click here to learn more.