Vintage Mechanic Polar Bear Toy Skeleton match striker No tears or folds

No tears or folds

but it's pretty great just sitting on the table

” the stories are at turns inspiring

Signed and stamped on the bottom and dated 1999

Once a common practice in southeast Asia

Vintage Mechanic Polar Bear Toy Skeleton match striker No tears or foldsI fell in the love with this guy the moment I saw him Though he has lost the fur that once covered his body, and his wind up mechanics no longer function, there is something about this metal form that remains that I find incredibly tender, and really wonderful. He just pulls at my heartstrings, and I must say he'll be a tough one to part with! I believe the bear was actually made in Japan, c. 1950s, and that there was at least one version of him that