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Jellycat Bartholomew Bear (Medium, 28cm)

Specimen notes: tumbly caramel fur, patient disposition, holds a hug without complaint. Bartholomew is the Society's benchmark bear — the one all other bears are measured against and found slightly less huggable.

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What the Society noted

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The benchmark bear — tumbly caramel fur and a patient way of holding a hug. At 28cm it is big enough to matter and small enough to carry; the sort given once and kept for years, which is the only real test of a bear.

Wonders of the real world

The real teddy bear

In 1902 Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a tied-up bear.

Richard Steiff's Bear 55 PB was 55 centimetres high.

An American dealer ordered 3,000 Steiff bears in one go.

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