Antique Soft Toys

Rocking Horses

Rocking horses are popular toys and whereas the beautiful wooden Victorian horses can fetch high sums of money, soft toy ones can be obtained relatively cheaply. Below are some examples…

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Plush Fabric

Plush fabric is a soft, synthetic fur which can be long or short and velvety. It is often used in soft toy manufacturing as it is cheaper than mohair and…

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Leather

Leather soft toys are very rare and are usually aimed at the home decor market. However, lit has often been used as accessories for soft toys such as teddy bears…

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Penguins

There is something about penguins which is endearing to nearly everyone so it is no wonder that soft toys have been made in the form of them. Some of the…

Animals, Antique and Vintage Soft Toys

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys Cloth Dolls

Boudoir Dolls are elaborately and fashionably dressed, long limbed dolls designed as ornaments for adults bedrooms, rather than as a child’s toy. They were popular from around 1915-1930, but continued…

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys, Cloth Dolls

Deans Rag book cloth doll in original box, English 1937

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys Cloth Dolls

Rag Dolls

Rag Dolls. A rag doll is a children's toy. It is a cloth figure of a doll. They are traditionally home-made from (and stuffed with) spare scraps of material. They…

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys, Cloth Dolls

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Bing Cloth Dolls

Bing Cloth Dolls. Below are some examples, information and price guides to antique and vintage Bing cloth dolls including an all-cloth doll with swivel head and a pair of Hansel…

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A rare Helvetic musical clown teddy bear

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys Teddy Bears

Musical Teddy Bears

Musical Teddy Bears. Some teddy bear makers inserted musical movements into their bears. Below are some examples of these bears including a German pink-tinted bear by Jopi and a rare…

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys, Teddy Bears

EARLY GERMAN BROWN TEDDY BEAR BY STEIFF WITH SHOE BUTTON EYES AND KAPOK FILL

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Bing Teddy Bears

Bing Teddy Bears. Examples, information and price guides to antique and vintage Gebruder Bing teddy bears including a clockwork bear from around 1909 and a bear on wheels, also from…

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Steiff Elephants

Steiff Elephants. Below are some examples, information and price guides to antique and vintage Steiff elephants including a mohair circus elephant with rotating head and a German studio elephant.

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys, Soft Toy Makers, Steiff

Antique and Vintage Soft Toys Soft Toy Makers Steiff

Steiff Kangaroos

Steiff Kangaroos. Below are some examples, information and price guides to antique and vintage Steiff kangaroos including a burlap kangaroo dating to around 1910 and a miniature velvet kangaroo.

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Kapok

Kapok is a silky fibre obtained from the silk-cotton tree used for insulation and stuffing for pillows, mattresses, etc as well as soft toys such as teddies and other animals.…

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