Russ Berrie - Blair! Plush, fully jointed, vintage bear. Blair is made in the style of an antique bear with long limbs, stitched padded paws and humped back. His short fur is made of polyester that feels and looks like mohair. His long arms and articulated legs have brown, hand stitched padding. Brown and black, close set eyes and an embroidered, puffy brown sewn nose and mouth. He is of the bean bag type, filled with bagged pellets.
An absolutely beautiful Teddy Bear. Blair is surface washable and soft and cuddly with a brown satin bow. He measures 32cm tall. Sitting position 22cm. Blair is in absolute, excellent condition! Colour might differ due to flash photography. :)
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Russ was founded in 1963 and named after the founder Russell Berrie. Before starting his own business, Russell started out as a toy sales representative, who then began to design his own products. Russ started his business with only $500 and ran it out of a rented garage in Palisades Park, NJ. His first product to reach the shelves were the plush Fuzzy Wuzzies in 1964. By 1966 the company had exceeded one million dollars in annual sales. Passionate about the business of selling and about his products, Russ grew into a major world wide company and set the industry standard for customer service.
In 1995 Russ Berrie introduced a new line of nostalgic bears called 'Bears from the Past' which became a favorite amongst many. In '98, Fortune magazine recognized Russ Berrie as the 34th Most Generous Philanthropist in the Country. As the promising small company kept growing and became ever so popular, in 2001 it was named one of the best 200 small companies in America by Forbes magazine. By 2002, the company acquired Sassy, Inc. and on Christmas day that year, Russell Berrie past away. Till this day, Russ Berrie and Co., Inc. is still a major seller in toys as well as other products and the employees honor the memory of it's founder by striving to meet the standard of excellence that Berrie had set as the leader for over forty years.
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