Bunnykins run around this bowl (Royal Doulton Bunnykins Oatmeal Bowl)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Royal Doulton Bunnykins Oatmeal Bowl
Date:	20/07/09 (87 review reads)
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Advantages: Really beautiful great gift for baby

Disadvantages: breakable , fragile

I was looking for a set of crockery for a new baby and recalled the Bunnykins ones my daughter had as a birth present. The Royal Doulton company was formed in 1853 went into receivership in January this year 2009. I am sure Bunnykins products will still be made though.

Today I am talking about the infant Bunnykins bowl, a basic bowl shape I believe called Albion shape. This is a 6 inch diameter cereal bowl. There is also a baby bowl available this has a flattened lip all the way around the bowl .

Over the years there have been several Bunnykins picture designs inside the bowls the scene inside the bowl has changing designs rotating over the years .there is a kite one which is the one my daughter has , there is one with the bunny children playing with knitting wool, then there is the bunnykins in bunk beds. There are special Christmas design ones too. Each of the different designs has a row of bunnies running around the inside circumference of the bowl regardless of the interior design .

The Bunnykins bowls I am talking about are made with a fine bone china. There are bunnykins products made with Melamine too. Although the melamine Bunnykins bowls are more practical there is something special about the bowls made of china .
You may wish to keep your bunnykins bowl and not let baby use it
. My baby did use hers , not everyday but when I wanted to make cereal or pudding a bit special , as she got older she did use this bowl more often until she decided the design a bit babyish then as a teenager she fell in love with the rabbit design again and I think she took this bowl when she moved out .

The china this bowl is made from is lovely, the bowl looks and feels good, it is as durable as other fine china items. The designs and rabbits on the bowl are delightful. The rabbits busy doing everyday things. I used to use them as an incentive for my daughter to eat, come on eat your pudding and you will see the bunny.

Royal Doulton planned its new nursery china at its factory in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The daughter of the factory's general manager Cuthbert Bailey, created illustrations that could be transfer-printed on to the china. Barbara was a nun and the tale goes that she could only work on her designs at night without anyone knowing as the convent's Reverend Mother disapproved.
Sister Mary Barbara drew the rabbits dressed as people in human situations. These really are endearing pictures. Royal Doulton introduced Bunnykins in 1934. In 1939 the production of Bunnykins stopped due to the war. They were reintroduced after the war with Walter Hayward, one of Royal Dolton's Art Directors, doing the art in the same style .Sister Mary Barbara died in 2003.

These Bunnykins bowls and other Bunnykins ware can be purchased from shops such as John Lewis and on line at many other places . http://www.kingsandqueens.org.uk is selling the bowl in the picture for £8.00 I think iy generally retails for £10.00 http://www.mulberryhall.co.uk has the shiningStarsCerealBowl.html With bunnykins riding his rocking horse western style with his whip in his hand for £11.75,

Bunnykins bowls are very collectable some old rare ones worth quite a bit of money. Under the bowl of some of the bunnykins range is a Royal Daulton stamp from this you can tell the age although apparently not all have a stamp on for some reason.
These bowls are beautiful, if looking for a birth , christening present I think these are very acceptable .

Summary: A Royal Daulton . baby bowl with Bunnykins print