Jellycat Bartholomew Bear Aubergine

Jellycat Bartholomew Bear Aubergine is 30 cm of aubergine purple bear, and the weight of it is the first thing anyone notices.

A closer look

The fur is the soft, slightly weighted kind that has made Jellycat’s animals hard to put down. The colourway is aubergine purple, and the face is stitched rather than printed, so it keeps its expression through washing and through years of being carried about.

Measurements and fit

The height is 30 cm. That single figure is what our outfit listings are matched against, which is why it is printed here rather than a rough category. If you are buying a garment at the same time, it is the only measurement you need.

Where it sits in the Jellycat range

Within Jellycat’s catalogue Bartholomew Bear Aubergine belongs to Bartholomew Bear, and that is the useful thing to know when you are choosing a second one. A range shares its finish and its proportions, so pieces from the same family photograph well together and, more practically, often share a centimetre band, which means they can share a wardrobe.

Materials and care

Polyester fabric with polyester filling. Hand wash only. Do not tumble dry. Washing by hand keeps the nap on the fabric, which is the part a machine cycle flattens first, and it is the difference between a plush that still looks new after two years and one that does not.

Suitability

It reads as everyday companion, which makes it an easy choice for a birthday and no particular reason at all, and it is one of the pieces people come back for a second time once they have given the first.

Why we stock it

What we are trying to build is a shop where a companion and something for it to wear can be chosen in the same visit without any measuring anxiety. Bartholomew Bear Aubergine is part of that, sized and banded so the outfit pages can be read against it directly.