J. K. Farnell
John Kirby Farnell or J. K. Farnell was a London company which manufactured the first British teddy bear in 1906.
Beginnings and endings
Founded in Notting Hill, the firm was started in 1840 by a silk merchant, John Kirby Farnell, and made items such as pin cushions and tea cosies. After Farnell's death, his children, Henry and Agnes, continued the business from Acton in West London.
They produced soft toys, moving from rabbit skin to mohair. Farnell rapidly became one of the leading teddy bear manufacturers, registering the Alpha trademark in 1925. "The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia" states that the Alpha Bear inspired the creation of Winnie the Pooh - Christopher Robin Milne (son of the Winnie the Pooh books' author A. A. Milne and basis of the character Christopher Robin) owned one of the Alpha Bears.[1]
The company premises were destroyed by fire in 1934 and by bombing in 1940. It finally ceased trading in the 1960s and the Farnell name was taken over by Merrythought in 1996.[2]
Appearance
The first Farnell bears closely resembled their German Steiff counterparts, having pointed muzzles, long limbs, humpbacks and webbed toes. Early Farnell bears also had boot-button eyes which were replaced by painted glass ones. The soles were of felt and reinforced with cardboard.
References
Further reading
- Martin, Kathy (2010). Farnell Teddy Bears. Remember When. ISBN 978-1-84468-066-5.
External links
- Lucky Bears Limited
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- Applause (defunct)
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Chad Valley
- Dakin (defunct)
- J. K. Farnell (defunct)
- Gund
- Ideal Toy Company
- Margarete Steiff GmbH
- Merrythought
- Teddy Atelier Stursberg
- Teddy-Hermann
- Ty Inc.
- Vermont Teddy Bear Company
teddies
- Aloysius
- Archibald Ormsby-Gore
- Baloo
- Bamse
- Banjo
- Benjamin Bear
- Berlino
- Big Ted & Little Ted
- Bobo (The Simpsons)
- Boog
- Corduroy
- Costco bear
- Duffy the Disney Bear
- Fozzie Bear
- Freddy Fazbear
- Grizzly Teddy
- Gummibär
- Harrods Christmas Bears
- Humphrey the Bear
- Hyde
- Lotso
- Microsoft Bear
- Misha
- Uszatek
- Monokuma
- Mr Whoppit
- Nassur
- Nev
- Norm
- Paddington Bear
- Pink teddy bear (Breaking Bad)
- Po
- Pooky
- Pudsey Bear
- Rasmus
- Roger (Guilty Gear)
- Rilakkuma
- Rupert
- Rupert (Family Guy)
- Sebastian Star Bear
- Smokey
- Snuggle Bear
- Sooty
- SuperTed
- Teddy (The Forgotten Toys)
- Teddy (Mr. Bean)
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- Disney version
television
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- Bear Behaving Badly
- Becky and Barnaby Bear
- Boonie Bears
- C Bear and Jamal
- Charley and Mimmo
- Corduroy
- Colargol
- Gooby
- Hey Mister, Let's Play!
- Imaginary
- Issi Noho
- Kissyfur
- Kooky
- Little Bear
- Misery Bear
- Old Bear Stories
- Paddington (TV series)
- Paddington (Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru)
- The Pit
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru
- "Rosebud" (The Simpsons)
- The Secret World of Benjamin Bear
- Special Agent Oso
- SuperTed
- The Tangerine Bear
- Ted (Ted 2)
- Ted (TV series)
- Teddy
- Teddy Bear
- Teddybears
- The Teddy Bear Master
- The 'Teddy' Bears
- Teddy Edward
- Teddy Trucks
- Unicorn Wars
- The Upstairs Downstairs Bears
- The Yogi Bear Show
- A Pocket for Corduroy
- Corduroy
- Hyde & Closer
- Little Bear
- Old Bear and Friends
- The Berenstain Bears
- Polar the Titanic Bear
- The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut
- Supertoys Last All Summer Long
- The Toyminator
- Undertown
- Uppo-Nalle
- Winkie
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
- "Psycho Teddy"
- "Teddy Bears' Picnic"
- "The Teddy Bear Song"
- "Itsumademo... Teddy Bear"
- Ah Diddums
- Among the Sleep
- Bear with Me
- Big Huggin'
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
- Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games
- Opération Teddy Bear
- Teddy Together
- Naughty Bear
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