The Tigers
There are five styles of tigers - one regular size glass eyes, two regular size painted eyes, and two reduced size painted eyes. No decal eyes tigers has been seen. 

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer

Open mouth, glass eyes

The earliest tiger, introduced in 1906, followed the design of the other early pieces - glass eyes, leather ears, cord tail, ball neck, and an open mouth. 

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Painted eyes, ball neck

This tiger was a transition style between the glass eyes and the painted eyes. Its head design, except for the painted eyes, is the same as the GE tiger. This is most likely the rarest of all of the tigers.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Open mouth, painted eyes

This tiger's head was probably molded, then the mouth was cut out. Its tail is cord. The neck is fixed to the head. This style was introduced in about 1918.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Reduced size, open mouth

The reduced size tiger style closely followed the regular size painted eyes, open mouth.

Reduced size, closed mouth

Closing the mouth may have been a cost reduction measure. The head was completely redesigned and the stripe pattern changed. The body color was changed to a deeper orange.

Photo courtesy of Bertoia Auctions.