Six Collectable 1960s PenDelfin Rabbit Figurines Robert; Rocky; Burrows Boy; Scoffer; Old Bill; Percy Growler

A VINTAGE COLLECTION OF 6 RARE PENDELFIN RABBIT FIGURINES. WE HAVE TWO FAMILY MEMBER IN ROBERT AND ROCKY BOTH RARE FROM THE 1950S TO 1970S PRODUCTION SERIES. FOUR RABBIT VILLAGE FIGURINES IN BARROWS BOY (RARE PRODUCED 1968-1978); SCOFFER (1991-2011); OLD BILL POLICEMAN (2002-2011) AND PERCY GROWLER (2010-2013) . APART FROM ONE SMALL CHIP TO THE EAR OF SCOFFER ALL OTHER 5 FIGURINES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
Robert PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Family - With Satchel Red Pants - No Box - Produced 1956-1967
 
Rocky PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Family - With Turquoise Pants Playing Quitar - No Box - Produced 1959-1978 - Design Jean Walmsley Heap
 
Barrows Boy PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Village Rabbit Sitting in Cart with Tomatoes and Pumpkin - No Box - Produced 1968 - 1978
 
Scoffer PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Village - With Green Pants Holding a Cake - No Box - Produced 1991- 2011
 
Old Bill PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Village Policeman blowing whistle - No Box - Produced 2002 - 2011
 
Percy Growler PenDelfin Figurine Rabbit Village Rabbit Pulling Carrots from ground - No Box - Produced 2010-2013
 
SIZE: ROBERT 12CM HIGH ROCKY 9CM HIGH SCOFFER 9CM HIGH OLD BILL 9CM HIGH PERCY GROWLER 10CM DEEP BARROW BOY 10CM DEEP
 
CONDITION: NO BOXES. SMALL CHIP TO EAR OF SCOFFER. ALL OTHER 5 FIGURINES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. ALL WITH FELT AND ORIGINAL STICKERS ON BOTTOM.
 
MARKINGS:
ORIGINAL PENDELFIN STICKERS ON BOTTOM OF EACH FIGURINE
 
PENDELFIN (1953-2013):
Pendelfin rabbits are collectible handcrafted and handpainted stoneware figurines of small rabbits that were made by the Pendelfin Studios in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The company was founded in the 1950s by Jean Walmsley Heap and her husband, Jeoffrey, who began producing the figurines as a hobby. The popularity of the figurines grew over time, and they became highly sought after by collectors all over the world.
Walmsley Heap (1921-2008) and Jeanie Todd (??-1974) They were the founders of PenDelfin in 1953, the renowned rabbit family, born in the shadow of the legendary "Witches Hill" Pendle whose folk lore first inspired them.
Their models are made in durable stone-based compound, an excellent medium for reproducing their superbly detailed modelling. They are hand painted in the finest quality artist's colours, changeless and fadeless in all normal temperatures.
Each rabbit figure is produced entirely by hand and is the work of skilled craftsmen. All the bunnies (designed by Heap and Roberts) were developed with specially thought out history and characters in mind, including a mother, father, youngsters, aunts, uncles and many others, especially those who were particularly musically oriented. The figurines also inspired bookends, as well as a whole village as a backdrop for displaying them.
Bunnies produced in the first ten years of Pendelfin production, from 1953 to 1963 are worth a considerable amount of money, hence these are probably the most collectable of Pendelfin items today.
Pendelfin Studios was dissolved on 26 April 2011.