ARA Jeretzian Toy Wool Animal Pocket Pets

ARA Jeretzian Toy Wool Animals

ARA Jeretzian toy animals are constructed from 100% wool and were hand made in Vienna Austria beginning in the early 1950s into the mid-1970s.

ARA Jeretzian Toy Animals and Pocket Pets

ARA created over 200 posable creations ranging in size from 1/2 inch (1 cm) up to 10 inches (25 cm).

ARA Jeretzian Animals

Some animals were distributed under the name of Pocket Pets, with the tag line The World's Loveliest Animals, throughout Austria, France, Germany and USA. In the USA the boxes were also marked A.J. Ferber Co Inc Atlantic City NJ, as the distributor.

ARA Jeretzian Smallest Dachshund

The pets were constructed from a combination of wool chenille pipe cleaners and needle felted wool on a wire structure with air brush detail and cute props. This attention to detail has made them a popular collectible as companions for dolls, teddies or in dollhouse displays.

ARA Jeretzian Daisy Cow

ARA Jeretzian Baby Elephant

Earlier animals were boxed in clear acetate, with a garland border of white animal figures. The box included a base label inside, the ARA story printed in German on one side and Hand Made Austria beside a blue fox logo superimposed on a world globe, on the reverse.

Ara Jeretzian Austria Animals

ARA Jeretzian Siamese Cat

ARA Box Label Greeting

ARA Jeretzian rare tag

The animals themselves were rarely labeled or tagged. This proud King of Beasts Lion wears a black and gold logo tag on his gold braid around his neck.

Pocket Pets were mounted on a gold carded inner base, within their clear acetate boxes. Printed on the edges of the base, in French, English and German, The World's Loveliest Animals, and the stylized ARA name.

Ara Jeretzian Pocket Pets

Later, the boxes were made of green and gold card with a clear acetate front window lid, the ARA story printed on the back in German and English. Some pets had an attached cord as hanging ornaments.

ARA Jeretzian Fox

ARA Jeretzian message to buyer on box

Themed animals expanded ARA's offerings. A black poodle with his arm in a sling and a bandaged foot carries a message of Komm gut Heim or Get Home Safely.

ARA Jeretzian Wounded Poodle

Donkeys with saddle bags, squirrels holding pine cones, even a Christmas mouse holding a gift bag.

Some of the ARA Jeretzian animals shown here are available at Mandicrafts. 

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