Steiff Bear Zotty 1952 to 1961 smallest 7 hotsell inches

Here comes a rarity, one of the smallest ever made famous Steiff Zotty Zottelbears – the name derives from the German zottelig = shaggy. These bears were made in various sizes over the years & are very popular still. However our bear here, the smallest ever produced edition was made only from 1952 to 1961 & is fairly seldom to be found!
This vintage Steiff bear measures 17 cm / 6 ¾ inches over all & 14 cm / 5 ½ inches sitting.
Our old Steiff Zotty bear here is fully jointed, all joints working very well, he is made of long hair mohair, a so called caramel colour, but as you can see in the photographs, he must have had a lot of sunshine in his time & his mohair colour changed slightly to a very pleasant light violet reddish tone – where the sun does not shine on a bear so to speak, especially on his joints, the more greyish – brown is still to be traced.

Old bear's felt parts, feet & hand paws & his open mouth are flawless. He has 4 embroidered claws on each of his paws as is usual hotsell with Steiff bears. Sadly some of the old bears nose stitching is missing, the remains are solid. Now, this small old Steiff bear may have had a bit of an adventures lifetime so far. As you may observe in the photographs his eyes are a bit different – reason being, that only his left eye is original, the right one is fairly matching, but it is a glued on new one – how old this repair may be I cannot say.
There sits squeaker in bear's belly, but it gives no sound anymore.

Apart from losing all his Steiff identification marks, this small old bear is a real cutie, nice & all clean & funny!

Maybe you like to have a look at our other vintage / antique bears listed here, there are many other Steiff bears among them: www.etsy.com/shop/ShabbyGoesLucky?section_id=13760292&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2

*Please notice: This vintage Steiff bear belongs not into the hands of children; it may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our days! So it is not a children's toy, though a collector's & vintage toy lover's item for display & decoration only!

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