A Schuco miniature 'Janus'

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A Schuco miniature 'Janus'
two-faced teddy bear, with golden mohair, swivel head and jointed padless limbs, one face with black metal bead eyes and black stitched nose and mouth, second face with black metal bead eyes on white painted metal surrounds, black metal bead nose, white painted metal mouth and red celluloid tongue --3½in. (9cm) tall, 1950s; a Schuco miniature teddy bear, with dark golden mohair, black bead eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head and jointed limbs --2½in. (6.5cm.) tall, 1950s; and a Schuco miniature panda bear --2½in. (6.5cm.) tall, post-1950s

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The Schuco 'Janus' teddy bear's head can be 'swapped' using a knob at the base of the torso. They share many characteristics with other miniature bears in Schuco's Piccolo Series, and were reproduced, from the 1950s until the 1970s, in a fractionally larger size, and were advertised as 'Original Schuco Talisman'.

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