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DEAN’S Teddies can look back on more than 100 years of history. In fact, it is over 120 years since the company was founded in London by a children’s book publisher that has been successful since 1711. Since its foundation in 1903, DEAN’S has been a leader in the development and manufacture of toys. It was also the first British company to produce teddy bears, probably from 1906, with records dating back to 1915. There was a development that suited the British company. During the Second World War, toys and therefore the beloved teddy bears from Austria and Germany were no longer available. DEAN’S successfully closed this gap in the market.
The company produced a variety of toys: books, beautifully designed dolls, teddy bears and even Mickey Mouse and other figurines. Yes, DEAN`S was the first licensee and manufacturer of Disney figures marketed in the UK by the Walt Disney Company in America in the 1930s.
