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Dentzel Carousel Bear. Philadelphia: G.A. Dentzel Company, ca. 1900s. Carved wooden jumper of a bear rearing back on its hind legs and carved saddle with floral designs. 39 x 45 x 18”. Restored by artist Leslie Kitts. From carousel at House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI. Gustav Dentzel emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1860. Having spent his youth carving carousels for his father, Dentzel began to do the same in the U.S. and found such great success that he opened the G.A. Dentzel Company in 1867. Upon his death in 1909 his son William took over, and the business continued to operate until 1928. Only a select number of menagerie figures were ever carved by the Dentzel Company, and only at special request; as a result very few are known to survive today. Tobin Fraley, The Carousel Animal pg. 80-81. Third party transportation required.