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Steiff, the widely popular plush animal manufacturer, not only makes bears – they make a variety of circus animals and accessories.  Very popular are Steiff’s clowns.  There is the Teddy Clown Circus Driver which was sold with a white tag, or a rare, yellow tag. This Teddy Clown Circus driver was created in 1987 for the first circus wagon.  There was another clown circus driver created in 1989 for the 2nd edition of the Steiff circus.  

Shop for Steiff Teddy Bear Clown

Also made by Steiff is the Teddy Rose Clown bear which has beautiful rose pink mohair fur and a white felt clown hat.  Steiff also created miniature Teddy Clown bears.  Available with yellow mohair fur or white mohair fur, these Steiff Teddy clown bears are only 6 inches tall (almost 8 inches if you include their hats!).

In 1986 Steiff began manufacturing a Circus Wagon set, called Golden Age of the Circus,  that would introduce one new piece per year, ending with 5 pieces.  The first piece, introduced by Steiff in 1986, was a blue circus wagon being pulled by an Elephant.  The wagon says “Steiff Circus Wild Animals“.  The next piece Steiff introduced, in 1987,  Was a wagon that held a Steiff plush lion.  The wagon holding the lion says “Steiff Circus Fighting Lions“.  The next piece was introduced by Steiff in 1988.  This was a wagon holding a Steiff Giraffe.  The wagon says “Circus Steiff African Giraffe“.  Next, in 1989, Steiff added to the Golden Age of Circus set with a wagon holding a Tiger.  The wagon says “Steiff Circus Bengal Tiger“.  The last piece that Steiff added to the Golden Age of the Circus set was a wagon holding 2 Steiff bears and a table.  The wagon says on it simply “Steiff Circus”

Related Steiff posts:

1.  Steiff Teddy Clown

2. Steiff Teddy Bear

3. Steiff Puppet

4. Steiff – vintage

Please look at the auctions below to find Steiff’s Golden Age of the Circus individual wagons and beneath those you will find auctions for Steiff’s Golden Age of the Circus sets.

Steiff individual Circus Wagons:

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Steiff Golden Age of the Circus sets:

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