Wednesday, June 28, 2006

"The Steiff Historische Schwarz Bar"

The one who introduced me to Steiff Teddy Bears was my friend Petra Essers from the Netherlands.

Petra was an only child of a Dutch mother and and Indo-Dutch Father. She was born in 1952 in The Hague (Den Haag) and when she was a baby her father gave him a Steiff Teddy bear which she treasured very much. The father left the mother and married another woman. The bear was the only momento from her dad.

Petra passed away in 2004, totally alone with no family members around. When the mother died several years before, she had no relatives. She lived totally alone in this world. During her life she spent a lot of her money buying Steiff products in remembrance of her lost childhood. Petra's dad had never contacted Petra since she was 2 years old and yet he lived with his new family not far away from where she lived.

I bought this Steiff miniature bear in remembrance of Petra. Historic Steiff miniatures are smaller versions of their originals and hence they are real treasures, handmade in high quality mohair plush. This black bear which was a replica of Steiff miniature of 1907 came from New Jersey, the USA. I got this one from e-bay.

This black bear also reminds me of my own black mohair teddy bear which I got when I was a child. A pocket was hand sewn by me to be attached to this bear carrying a small book containing his identity as an original Steiff bear (029202 Schwazbar/Blackbear 1907 , 16cm). He also has a miniature metal tuba made in Spain by Latina Gift Musical Treasures.

The black bear was standing in front of the computer when the picture was taken. I only saw his picture before and now he is real, as if coming out of the screen. I put the picture of my mum and my grandma in the screen of my computer. They passed away already but the sweet memories never die.

1 Comments:

At 7:49 AM, Blogger vaniahuebsch said...

The Black Bear is an eye withness of Petra's sad life, but he can't speak and tell us everything...

I agree with you, eventhough our beloved person are already passed away, their sweet memories will be stay in our heart forever...

 

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