We found this odd-looking wabbit at the flea market awhile back for a dollar. He was that cheap because he had a small hairline crack on the side. Although the weird pinkish-blue glaze looked very much like some of the earlier California potteries such as Artistic or West Coast, because he was unmarked on the bottom we had no idea.

A few days later, while leafing through the Chipman scrapbook I found the exact same shape in a different glaze treatment from Bernard Studios. While I’m not 100% sure it is Bernard, I’m fairly certain because some of their other pieces have this same weird pinkish blue glaze. The actual photo shows the same rabbit with funny ear sticking out, but with a more lifelike brownish coloration on white with a very expressive handpainted face.

I believe this item was meant to be used as a cotton ball holder because of the hole in the back where the tail would be. As for the unmarked bottom - Bernard was known to use paper foil labels like many other potteries, and this is especially true for smaller figurines like this one.