bone china doulton england bunnies rabbits childs cup dish plate set/2 bunnykins

Description

the pair
do note! the cup has a chip on the rim. see second image. otherwise i can find no issues. the chip is 6 mm at its longest. these have never been used for food—only ever displayed (so i don't know how the chip came to be.)
i just love the bunnykins (more on that below) series (introduced to it in downsizing mom's stuff. they are just adorable.) a nice touch is that there are 3 scenes total (not identical). the cup has 2 scenes—a different one on each side: one is a dad pushing a boy in a wheel barrow. the other side has a group at the ice cream cart. the plate has a scene of maybe a post-church gathering (given their dress) or a bake sale.
the cup is single-handled. it is slightly flared at the rim that has a diameter of 3 1/2". the cup is 4 1/2" from outside handle to outside of the opposite side. the plate is 8" in diameter; the rim is 1/2" above the surface on which the plate rests.
according to potteryhistories.com/doulton%20backstamps.html, the base mark on the cup and dish puts them both at 1930–1993. both have the same information on their base:
[logo] for royal doulton
made in england
[3 bunnykins bunnies]
england
english fine bone china
«bunnykins»
®
©
royal doulton tableware ltd 1936
maker's and/or other marks
according to potteryhistories.com/doulton%20backstamps.html, the base mark on the cup and dish puts them both at 1930–1993. both have the same information on their base:
[logo] for royal doulton
made in england
[3 bunnykins bunnies]
england
english fine bone china
«bunnykins»
®
©
royal doulton tableware ltd 1936
about bunnykins by royal doulton and artist sister barbara vernon bailey
(from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Doulton_Bunnykins)
royal doulton bunnykins tableware and figurines are popular ceramic designs manufactured as nursery dishes and collectible figurines. the chinaware line originated with artwork by sister mary barbara bailey (née barbara vernon bailey), 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. sister mary barbara provided illustrations to the designers of doulton & co. to be used on tableware. six bunnykins figurines were produced based on sister mary barbara's illustrations in 1939 and were designed by charles noke. discontinued during world war ii, bunnykins figurines were not reintroduced until 1969. bunnykins continued to be produced in england until 2005. Bunnykins figurines and tableware are currently produced in asia.
introduced in 1934, bunnykins tableware depicted mr. and mrs. bunnykins and other rabbits dressed in human clothing, in colorful rural and small-town english scenes, transfer-printed on white china. the earliest pieces, signed «barbara vernon» (sister mary barbara bailey), are quite rare and highly prized. bunnykins china was used by princess elizabeth and princess margaret and thus became a popular present given as christening and birthday gifts in middle-class english homes. in 1950 sister mary barbara bailey quit producing drawings for doulton & co. a succession of artists took her place providing designs for tableware and figurines.
in the early 1950s designs by sister mary barbara were discontinued. royal doulton art director walter hayward then began designing bunnykins for production. bunnykins drawings by walter were published in the story book picnic for bunnykins published by kestrel books in 1984.
figurines by charles noke featuring various bunnykins characters began in 1939. the first line consisted of only six designs. all factories were closed for the duration of world war ii, bringing production to a halt, and thus these six figurines have also become very rare. following the war, production of Bunnykins figurines did not restart until royal doulton purchased the beswick factory in 1969. after this, bunnykins were numbered with the prefix db. figurines were designed by royal doulton art director walter hayward and design manager harry sales.
the bunnykins figurine line is famous for the large number of professions, historical and literary figures, and traditional costumes interpreted as rabbits. named figurines include policeman bunnykins, nurse bunnykins, sir lancelot bunnykins, betsy ross bunnykins, lapplander bunnykins, fortune teller bunnykins, and more. in 2005 a bunnykins figurine honoring barbara vernon was produced. titled «sister barbara», it depicts a cloistered nun at her drawing table, presumably painting the original bunnykins design.
dimensions
the cup is single-handled. it is slightly flared at the rim that has a diameter of 3 1/2". the cup is 4 1/2" from outside handle to outside of the opposite side. the plate is 8" in diameter; the rim is 1/2" above the surface on which the plate rests.
condition
do note! the cup has a chip on the rim. see second image. otherwise i can find no issues. the chip is 6 mm at its longest. these have never been used for food—only ever displayed (so i don't know how the chip came to be.)
the fine print
the images are the majority of the listing description, so take a look at them closely.
shipping costs have really increased—this is calculated into the buy-it-now price.
i am not able to sell individual items from items i have listed as a group. i just don't have the stamina to create new listings for those. i apologize for that. i haven't initially individually listed items because i don't have enough listing slots to so.
trying to downsize some, though extremely melancholically.
shipping time: i otherwise work more than full time and my health isn't great, so kindly excuse the longer handling time. if i am able to ship sooner, i absolutely will do that
. i appreciate you taking the time to view my listing.