awesome... we used to have it hanging in our home but since we went back to living in apartments, it just doesn't fit and I would like it to go to someone who has a place for it and loves this sort of antiquity.
I think this is more likely to be a wolf. it looks like cast aluminum or possibly pewter. do you know what type of metal it is? does it have a makers mark anything else on the back?
trust me when I say, it is a bear, and it is cast iron. There are no markings that I can see on the back or inside the hollow of the head, I have looked very close.