Antique Fechter Austria 1960s Copper Brown Mohair Bear Cup Fechter

Fechter Austria
Very Rare Small Bear


Comes With Fechter Spielwaren Tag


Made of Gorgeous Copper Brown Mohair


Head is Jointed


Leather Collar


No damage at all 


Made in the 1960’s


Size 


14 cm / 5.5 Inch Long
10 cm  / 4 inch High


Excellent Condition




Our Ref fechter006001
 




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

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