How to Date a Bunnykins Plate
Royal Doulton Bunnykins nurseryware has been a favorite of collectors for more than 75 years. As this enchanting children's chinaware steps over the border between collectible and antique, both new and old collectors want to know the history of plates, which are often passed through several generations. Fortunately, reference materials and the Royal Doulton company itself provide information that will contribute to your search for information.
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Using catalogs
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Check your public library and online book sources for catalogs of Royal Doulton and Bunnykins ware. As indicated in the links below, collectors have produced several publications that help to decode Royal Doulton china markings and dating systems. Pieces of Bunnykins ware should display clear markings on their backs or bottoms; knowing when specific marks were used will help you date your plate.
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Use the Royal Doulton website for additional information about Bunnykins, including the history of famous designers of the line. A long-standing International Collectors membership club sponsored by the company was discontinued in September 2008. Information is now accessible without membership on the general company website, probably in response to the growing popularity of Bunnykins dishes and figurines among a wider range of collectors. While the site features current creations, one can contact the company for information on older nurseryware pieces.
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Consult other websites directed toward Bunnykins collectors. Message boards and collector stories will add to your knowledge about your particular piece of nurseryware and possibly put you in contact with someone able to add to your collection.
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Tips & Warnings
Royal Doulton marks are worth researching; as company history recounts, possession of a royal warrant was taken seriously, and it is highly unusual to find an unmarked or oddly marked piece. If your piece of Bunnykins seems unmarked, that may reflect hard wear--and hard scrubbing--rather than manufacturer's omission.
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Hi, I would like it even more if I could read the whole piece, I am about to list a faded and af piece on ebay and like to provide as much info as I can. Seems I have an early bunnykins piece with the lion stamp and bunnykins under another lionstamp and Barbara Vernon under the shy lady bunny having some sort of proposal made by a top hat in hand bowing gentlemen bunny- reference so far says 1930s 1940s, does that seem right to you If you have time cheers anne
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barbara vernon is printed under the tree and the proper trademark on bottom..no fakes in my collection of bunnykins...she was a nun...
