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...

 Bunnykins Chinaware and Figurine

Figurine

A figurine is a statuette that represents a human, deity or animal. Figurines may be realistic or iconic, depending on the skill and intention of the creator. The earliest were made of stone or clay...

s are popular ceramic designs manufactured as nursery dishes and collectible statuettes.

The chinaware line originated with artwork by Mary Barbara Bailey

Mary Barbara Bailey

Sister Mary Barbara Bailey 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.-Early years:Born as Barbara Vernon Bailey at Bulkeley Hall,...

, the daughter of Cuthbert Bailey, general manager of Doulton during the 1930s. Unbeknownst to the public, Mary Barbara Bailey was not a professional illustrator, but a nun in the Augustinian Canonesses of the Lateran.

Introduced in 1934, Bunnykins tableware depicted Mr.