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Title: Vintage Royal Doulton Bunnykins Casino Shape Flat Cup - Signed Barbara Vernon - Green 'A' Wartime Double Stamp - Collector Grade
Description:
Up for sale is an investment-grade, exceptionally well-preserved example of early Royal Doulton Bunnykins nursery ware. This is the highly collectible "Casino Shape" flat teacup, distinguished by its angular geometric handle and wide, shallow profile. This specific piece dates to the wartime production era (c. 1939–1945) and has been preserved in dark storage within a box for decades, preventing the typical environmental degradation seen on most surviving earthenware from this period.
Item Specifications:
- Manufacturer: Royal Doulton (Burslem, England)
- Pattern Line: Bunnykins Nursery Ware
- Silhouette: Casino Shape Flat Teacup (Angular "7" style handle)
- Primary Illustration: Scene No. 14 / SF 14 "Cuddling Under the Mushroom"
- Reverse Illustration: Young Bunny Playing Rugby / Soccer
- Rim Motif: Continuous "Straight-Eared" Running Rabbits inner border
- Artist Attribution: Features the printed "BARBARA VERNON" facsimile signature on the face of the mushroom scene near the handle base.
Base Markings & Chronology:
- Double Backstamp: Features both the standard Royal Doulton Lion/Crown/Roundel corporate mark and the early three running bunnies "Bunnykins" series mark (used concurrently c. 1937–1953).
- Factory Code: Hand-painted iron-red pattern style number "14" on the upper base.
- Production Code: Features the underglaze green factory letter "A" stamp (used c. 1939–1955), which strictly denotes wartime clay batches and export-targeted allocation during the 1940s.
Condition Report (Collector/
