Mary Barbara Bailey
Encyclopedia
Sister Mary Barbara Bailey (28 June 1910 – 4 May 2003) was a British
Roman Catholic nun who illustrated the original Bunnykins tableware series which was manufactured by the Royal Doulton
factory, whose manufacturing director was her own father, Cuthbert Bailey.
, Shropshire
, she was the second daughter of Cuthbert and Constance Bailey. She drew the countryside, and the animals kept by her six siblings, including pigs, cows, horses and ferrets. In 1934, her father planned to make children's nurseryware using his daughter's illustrations.
. Permission for the project was granted by the prioress on the condition of no financial recompense from the project for Sister Mary Barbara or the convent.
Sister Mary Barbara ceased illustrating and drawing when her teaching duties made her too busy. Other designers (such as Hubert Light, Walter Hayward, Colin Twinn and Frank Endersby) took over the designing process.
, West Sussex
, aged 92.
United Kingdom
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Roman Catholic nun who illustrated the original Bunnykins tableware series which was manufactured by the Royal Doulton
Royal Doulton
The Royal Doulton Company is an English company producing tableware and collectables, dating to 1815. Operating originally in London, its reputation grew in The Potteries, where it was a latecomer compared to Spode, Wedgwood and Minton...
factory, whose manufacturing director was her own father, Cuthbert Bailey.
Early years
Born as Barbara Vernon Bailey at Bulkeley Hall, WooreWoore
Woore is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Shropshire. It had a population of 1,411 in the 2001 census. The name means "boundary" in ancient celtic and this fits nicely with the fact that it is on the boundary with both the counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire.The...
, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, she was the second daughter of Cuthbert and Constance Bailey. She drew the countryside, and the animals kept by her six siblings, including pigs, cows, horses and ferrets. In 1934, her father planned to make children's nurseryware using his daughter's illustrations.
As nun
In 1933 she became a Canoness Regular of the Lateran Order (an Augustinian nun) and took the name Sister Mary Barbara. She resided in an enclosed convent in SussexSussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
. Permission for the project was granted by the prioress on the condition of no financial recompense from the project for Sister Mary Barbara or the convent.
Sister Mary Barbara ceased illustrating and drawing when her teaching duties made her too busy. Other designers (such as Hubert Light, Walter Hayward, Colin Twinn and Frank Endersby) took over the designing process.
Death
Sister Mary Barbara Bailey died on 4 May 2003 at Haywards HeathHaywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, aged 92.