STEIFF Vintage "MOSY" The Moose with "Button in Ear" & Tags ... MINT CONDITION!!

Description

The Steiff Story
Steiff is a German-based plush toy company. It was founded in 1880 by Margarete Steiff, a seamstress. The toys began as elephants, and were originally a design Steiff found in a magazine and sold as pincushions to her customers.[1] However, children began playing with them, and in the years following she went on to design many other animal-themed toys for children, such as dogs, cats and pigs. She designed and made most of the prototypes herself.
Steiff's nephew Richard joined in 1897 and gave the company an enormous boost by creating stuffed animals from drawings made at the zoo. A 3000 piece order was placed in 1903 by a buyer in America after the "Teddy" bear craze began showing a cartoon with President Roosevelt and a young cub.[1] By 1907, Steiff manufactured 974,000 bears, and has been increasing its output ever since.
The Steiff company motto, as styled by Margarete Steiff, is "Only the best is good enough for children". Steiff products are subject to meticulous testing and inspection. They are required to be highly flame resistant and, among other things, smaller pieces such as eyes must be able to resist considerable tension, wear and tear, etc. The most common materials used in Steiff toys are alpaca, felt, mohair, and woven plush. Eyes are generally made of wood or glass, and the stuffing is commonly wood shavings or polyester fibers. A large amount of the work is done by hand, from design sketches to airbrushed paint. The final touch on any Steiff toy is the trademark "button in ear" (assuming the animal has one; in any case they will find a spot for it).  The iconic "button in ear" metal tag was devised by Margarete's nephew Franz in 1904, to keep counterfeits from being passed off as authentic Steiff toys.  The tag originally had the symbol of an elephant, which was later replaced by the name "Steiff". The button is still used to distinguish Steiff toys from fakes, along with numbering on the tag to identify the toy and the year it was made.
This is a vintage Steiff moose named "Mosy".  It is made of brown woven fir with white on the legs and antlers, glass bead eyes, and ears and antlers of felt.  It measures 6 inches tall and 51/2 inches long, and has the "button and label in ear" with number 1457/14, a name tag, and a Steiff instructions tag ; all in like-new condition.  It has been in a closet of our clean, smoke-free home since new and is in mint, like-new condition.
Shipping is .00 for anywhere in the United States and we will combine shipping at no charge for a second Steiff animal.  International buyers please check the shipping charge before purchasing, however, we will combine shipping for a savings for you also.
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