Steiff bear on wheels from circa 1910 is a rare, highly collectible pull-toy featuring a mohair or burlap-covered body mounted on a metal axle with cast-iron or wooden wheels.History and Origins Early Design: Richard Steiff (nephew of founder Margarete Steiff) initially designed quadrupeds and upright bears mounted on wheels in the late 1890s before creating the famous jointed 55PB teddy bear in 1902. Evolution by 1910: While upright, fully jointed teddy bears became standard after 1902, Steiff continued to manufacture sturdy, non-jointed bears on all-fours attached to wheeled platforms into the 1910s  These heavy-duty pull toys were designed for young children to pull along the floor, often built with a straw or excelsior stuffing and sometimes equipped with a mechanical pull-string growler inside