A charming idea for any nursery wall and to teach your child how to tell the time, this fine china Bunnykins Nurseryware Teaching Clock by Royal Doulton shows four sweet scenes of Bunnykins children at play, having breakfast, walking to school, and reading a bedtime story. Uses one AA battery; not included.

Children throughout the world have enjoyed following the adventures of this family of rabbits and their friends on Bunnykins nurseryware for more than 70 years. But it's not just the young in age who love Bunnykins, since the rabbit characters on both nurseryware and in sculptural form also appeal to the young at heart.

The first Bunnykins designs were drawn by Sister Mary Barbara. The daughter of Royal Doulton's General Manager, Barbara Vernon Bailey showed artistic ability from a young age. Her father's original bedtime stories about foxes and rabbits inspired a series of drawings, and many books were filled with sketches of other animals and countryside scenes. In the late 1920s, at the age of 19, Barbara joined the Augustine Order and took the name Sister Mary Barbara. Although most of the young woman's time was taken up with teaching, her father realized that no one would be better at designing scenes for a fresh series of nurseryware than his daughter. And that is how Bunnykins began.

With its sense of nostalgia and an eye for contemporary wit, it's no wonder that Bunnykins is as popular now as it has ever been.