Topic: Mystery Polar Bear

[wiggy131]

Hi everyone, could do with your help in identifying this amazing polar bear. It has a glossy gun metal colour glaze and seems to be marked with the pattern number 10366. All I was told is that it was European. It measures just over 9 inches tall, so it's a fare size! Anyone recognize this beautiful bear???
Thanks for all your help as always!
Vickie

[wiggy131]

Just a thought, anyone recognize this as Hungarian maybe Zsolnay???

[Anne]

Isn't he lovely! I thought he was a bronze at first, then realised you'd said glaze so he's pottery.  I've no idea who he might be by... fingers crossed someone else can help though.

[NaomiM]

It's a lovely polar bear. A friend collects them and I've asked her but she doesn't recognise this one - although it does look Czech or Hungarian.
There's a list of Polar Bears by Danish potteries here: http://www.jamerantik.dk/polar_bear.htm but more for the purposes of elimination than identification, because I can't find it on there. I've also checked Porsgrund, Royal Dux, Sylvac and Zsolnay and it's not there either. Might still turn out to be a limited edition from the likes of Royal Dux, but unpopular because it's black rather than white.

[Anne]

Naomi, welcome to the board, and thank you for the polar bears link and your efforts to find this one. It's still a mystery to us, despite searches... one day we'll find him!

[NaomiM]

Naomi, welcome to the board, and thank you for the polar bears link and your efforts to find this one. It's still a mystery to us, despite searches... one day we'll find him!

Thanks for the welcome.
He is a very handsome beast. I hope there are more like him out there somewhere.