The above has come to join my two Teddy Dolls.
These are not often found, and I have an idea why. I showed them to my granddaughter and grandson, both preschool....They got a sour look on their face. So If that is the same response from children when they were first created, we know why there arent a lot of them around today.

Teddy Doll and Eskimo

13in bisque doll, set eyes, wig, possibly Hahn and Amberg, circa 1908, mohair body stuffed with excelsior, with felt pads for hands and feet, jointed at arms and hips.
8 n bisque Ernst Heubach Eskimo, blonde mohair wig, set glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, composition five piece body with molded composition boots to knees, original mohair sewed on costume, marked with horseshoe, circa 1907-1908.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE the article that Patsy Moyer, noted doll author, has written about my two TEDDY DOLLS.

The Teddy Bear became popular after President Theodore Roosevelt while on a hunting trip refused to shoot a bear cub that had been tied to a tree. A cartoon drawn by Clifford Berryman publicized the event. Morris Mitchtom of Ideal Toy and Novelty Company began making bears in 1903. By 1906 they became known a Teddy Bears.

Patricia Schoonmaker, in her A Collector?s History of the Teddy Bear tells about original advertising in the 1907 Playthings, a magazine for the toy trade and pictures several examples of a Teddy Doll.

A comparatively new novelty shown here is meeting with tremendous favor where shown. It is called the Teddy Doll because the body is made of a fine imported plus on the same order as the Teddy Bears. It is jointed at the arms and legs. The head is unbreakable and is imported direct from Europe by the manufacturers. Inasmuch as the supply of heads is limited, and also on account of the scarcity of the fine plush used, it looks as if the mfgs. would not be able to supply the demand.

In 1908, Schoonmaker found again in Playthings: Three new Teddy dolls are now ready for the trade. There is no real point of difference between the new numbers and the old, and this splendid little doll could not undergo any change of construction, which would render it more attractive and bewitching than it always has been, but three of her sisters have been fitted out by the cleverest of doll tailors and the result has been almost a new character. All of these three sisters are wrapped warmly in brown bear skin with close fitting hood. One, with dark hair so deep and rich that it is almost purple, has laughing eyes of deep blue, delicately tinted red footwear, and straps of gold crossing each other and passing over either shoulder: The other two charmers, either one of which might easily be Queen of the land of the Northern Lights, have that exquisite combination of golden hair and dark eyes, with peach complexion. Their costumes harmonize accordingly, and they are worthy of all the good things, which are said of them.

Schoonmaker pictures an illustration of a Hahn and Amberg, New York Teddy Doll. The novelty sensation of 1908 our new H. AND A.TEDDY DOLLS made of silk plush in 8 colors. 12-inch, with voice, $6.75 per dozen 13", $9.00 a dozen. Made of Silk, 15, $13.50 a dozen. Plush, in 8 colors, 18-inch, $18.00 a dozen.

In 1908, Playthings states, Teddy Bears were so popular, that they were causing problems in the furniture business. Even though the plush on the bears is not the same as used for the upholstery of the furniture, the same machines make them both. The greater demand for bearskin plush caused less of the upholstery material to be made.

Also in the 1908 Playthings was an Esquimo Doll made by the Harman Mfg. Co. ranging in size from 8-inches to 14-inches and selling from $2.25 a dozen to $10.50 per dozen.
Schoonmaker also pictures a two-face Teddy Doll with one face of a bear and the other face that of a bisque doll.

Harman Mfg. Company, Hahn and Amberg as well as other manufacturers quickly brought products to the market to take advantage of the Teddy Bear popularity and items such as the Teddy Doll were novelty items as a variation of the Teddy Bear.

In addition to the Teddy fad, Admiral Peary?s artic explorations also contributed to the popularity of Eskimo dolls at this time. Your 8 inch bisque doll may have been advertised as an Eskimo dressed in furs. The horseshoe mark is associated with the German firm, Ernst Heubach that made bisque dolls. It is interesting to note that some of the dolls dressed in mohair were originally advertised as Eskimo and Teddy Dolls in Playthings.

The 13-inch doll marked 16 may have been made for Hahn and Amberg who used a bear body with a bisque doll head. It is fun to find a historical niche for dolls such as these.
Thanks for sharing these examples with us. Patsy Moyer

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