HISTORY:
Yes! This piece of Royal Doulton melamine has history (for us at least) ... let me tell you the story
When one of our daughters was very young, she wanted a pet rabbit and she loved & cared for a Mini-Lop over many years. It was her "baby" and terribly spoilt, having it's own little bedroom inside the house for sleeping at night (the laundry) and a free run of the backyard during the daytime. At night, her baby (which was strangely called "Teddy' (go figure) needed water and as we had a number of these Bunnykin melamine items in my wife's collection, one of the child's bowls became the rabbit "drinking bowl" - talk about high class!
I don't know what happened to that original child's bowl but here is some of the the other Bunnykins melamine that my wife now regards as surplus to her collecting needs. This is NOT the original "Rabbit bowl" I speak of above as we had a few of these melamine items "once upon a time"
ROYAL DOULTON - Child's Bowl
Circa 2000's
Material: Melamine
Semi-translucent, if you hold the bowl to the light you can faintly see your fingers through the plastic.
Bunnykins ABC Series created by Tree Toys (Registered trademark)
Child's Cereal Bowl
Design: Unisex - the bunnies depicted are a mix of boy and girl rabbits in various clothing and alphabet blocks A ~ F in the central area of the bowl. Visually enticing for a child to see the very "busy" graphics, so they need to eat their cereal first!
Traditional Bunnykins "running rabbit" around the outer edge of the bowl.
Cream background
Transfer ware decorated
Measures: 165mm diameter (edge to edge) 115mm diameter (actual bowl area) x 25mm deep
Weight: 150g
IMPRESSED BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
See the rear photograph but if difficult to read ...
do not use in microwave (downwards curving arch)
Bunnykins graphic design
by
Royal Doulton Copyright 2002 R.D Bunnykins T.M
TREE TOYS (graphic design) Registered trademark
2
dishwasher safe top rack only
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED (Barely)
My wife obtained this bowl in "as new" condition and it has been sitting in her display cabinet ever since ... unused since she purchased it
CLEAN
NO damage to the melamine at all
NO damage to any of the graphic transferware
NO discolouration to the Creamy melamine
NO hideous marks or scratches
As this bowl is now "out of the cabinet" and looking for a new home, I have sealed it within clear plastic to maintain the condition and it is now sitting patiently in our spare room.
