Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler but I am not really

but I am not really certain how old this piece is

the bristles spread 4 3/4" wide and 3" tall

It measures 6" long x 2 1/4" wide x 1 3/4" tall and is good vintage condition

where they have been made since the 1500s

It is unmarked

Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler but I am not reallyThe connection between these two little bears is about the most tender thing I can imagine, expressed across every inch of this small sculpture, from the expressions on their faces, to the wrapped arms, to their lined up little toes! The piece is by Edwin Willard Deming (18601942), an artist best known for his depiction of scenes of Native Americans in the Southwestern U. S, among whom he lived for a part of each year for most of his life, and by whom