Card of the Day - 2022-10-09

suchard Ours Humaines
Suchard [trade : chocolate : O/S - Switzerland] "Ours et humains" / anthromorphic bears - Serie 145 (????)

Of course your clue here was the bears, and a bit of poetic license as I was referring to the three bears and the porridge. And there are two extra bears here for that, but if you concentrate on the centre there is indeed a mummy bear, a daddy bear, and a baby bear. The fifth bear, in case you can`t find it, is beneath the umbrella, it is the smallest of the group.

Now this is a most attractive set and you can see all the cards at https://www.cartolino.com/Suchard/1_145/SU-1_145.html - though they do use another title, "Ours et Humains" which actually translates to bears and humans which this set does not show. Some collectors use "Ours en Costume", which falls down because whilst some of the bears are dressed in human costumes most are not. A better title may be "Ours Anthropomorphes", because that translates to bears with human characteristics, which fits every picture, or, rather, all the ones we know so far as even Cartolino is missing three cards - nine, eleven, or twelve. We have seen card nine, which shows two bears making cheese, but could not track down an eleven or twelve either. So if you have those maybe you could step forward and introduce yourself.  

The cards in the set that we have seen are :

  1.  three bears climbing a mountain to plant the Swiss flag
  2.  five bears, one painting an Alpine Church
  3.  lots of bears at a country dance
  4.  an adult bear teaching a class of children bears at a school
  5.  a family of five bears at a picnic
  6.  a wrestling match by an alpine hut
  7.  one bear pushing a boat of bears off on a river trip
  8.  bears at a firing range practising their shooting
  9.  two bears making cheese
  10.  bears with sleighs in winter
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