The pictures are about 1/2 way down in the blog. Also, here are the two I do NOT have...but would like to find :)

And this shows more of the shape of the plate, itself....

Lavender I didn't know you were looking for a bunny bs. Have you seen these custom bs tiles by Margaret Licha?

The 2.5" x 2.5" squares are less than $20. The 5" x 8" tiles are $55.

Try googling "custom hand painted ceramic tiles" and see what you come up with. Looks like quite a number of folks/artists are doing these. Good luck!

Thank you both...very pretty tiles Eam44.

I was hoping someone might recognize the plates and know if the other two are still available...kind of my 'stand in' for bunny tiles, right now :)

There's also an artist in AZ who does custom painted tile and murals, including the one below. Her name is Julia Sweda

I have no idea about her pricing, and while I like some of her desert themed murals, I don't love her wilflower series, but then, this isn't really my thing...

Oh, ok gotcha.

lavender_lass -- you might also want to post on the Antiques & Collectibles forum. Someone over there may have come across your plates.

Lavender,

Sorry, I am no help, but just wanted to add that the tiles you are looking for are adorable and remind me of one of my favorite books, Watership Down. Have you read it?

mom2sulu, I thought of Watership Down right away too. Love the plates Lass.

Can you take a picture of the back of the plate?

Yes, maybe we can search by the mark on the back of the plate!

Reverse image searches keep taking me back to the blog you linked to. I checked eBay and Etsy...so far I can't find them. :-(

Look at Lavender's first plate -- I thought it odd how the upper right portion is framed in what are distinctly bamboo leaves and stalks...maybe Chinese artist/origin?

Good clue, javiwa. I did more searching under Chinese, Japanese, brushwork...but still haven't tripped across anything. I enjoy a good hunt but I'm not succeeding.

The bunnies are hiding...

Those are adorable. I just checked etsy, too, to no avail. I did come across a company that does custom mural tiles for a reasonable price on ebay a few months ago. They can input almost any image and make a tile mural of it. If that's something that interests you, I can try to hunt it down again. Hope you find your bunnies!

I searched Etsy last night too and came up with lots of adorable bunny art but no plates like yours. I wondered what the "AR" stood for and found something called "....realism..." something or other. It must not be a trademark?

javiwa is right, I see bamboo also.

Mom2sulu and Schoolhouse- Yes, that's why I bought them! They reminded me so much of Watership Down. That is my favorite book of all time...and you all know how much I love the bunnies :)

Watership Down is such a wonderful story and I knew it had to be based on real characters. Did you see that the author told the story to his children, but based the characters on men he fought with in WWII?

Back to the plates, there's an AR on the back, but the A is leaning against the R and there's a little fleur-de-lis on the left side of the A, kind of coming out of the cross piece.

I'll try to take a picture, but I've got to go shopping with Mom in a few minutes. One of the places we're stopping is Goodwill (supposed to drop stuff off, but I love an excuse to go in and look around) so maybe I'll check their plates! LOL

lavender,

I did a little googling for your original tiles and found the artist that made them. Unfortunately she passed away in 2009. Here is her site which is still up in memory.

http://www.aloratile.com/custom-tile.htm

The exact bunny tiles can be found here:

http://www.aloratile.com/small_mammals.htm

What a loss to us all. She made beautiful work, full of light.

Lass,

Yes, one of my favorite books as well! I had the pleasure of reading it as a 7th grader for the first time, and then later taught it to my 8th grade students. They also loved the stories of Hazel, Fiver, and the rest of the warren.

Thank you for sharing the little tidbit about the characters--I had no idea they were actually based on real humans! Very neat. :)

It's on Wikipedia....but if one hasn't read the book, don't read the summary. It will ruin the story and it's such a great story! :)

Lavender- I'm assuming no luck at Goodwill? I must confess I went antique/thrift shopping today and I kept looking for your plates but no such luck.

Might we get that makers mark photo?

2300 plus bunny rabbit plates on Ebay, but no luck. I'll keep an eye on it. Almost everything shows up on Ebay eventually.

I think Alora is the artist who did your original tiles. Unfortunately she is dead, but the site remains open as a memorial. Doesn't help you, but in case you had not seen it, the whole site is beautiful to browse through. Skim down on this page to find your tiles.

In case you hadn't tracked it down ----

http://www.aloratile.com/small_mammals.htm

And here's another website to check out--

http://www.zazzle.com/rabbit+tiles

Oops. I just looked back over the entries and saw that lenzai had already listed Alora's website. Sorry for the duplicate.

Thank you all for looking! I had no luck at Goodwill (well, not on the plates) but I found some really cute vases :)

Found the camera....so here's a quick picture (sorry it's a bit blurry) of the back of the plate.

I just read some of your old posts. Sorry I missed them before. My heart and hopes are with you and your husband.

I tried to clean up your AR photo and search for a match on google image search but no luck. It's not a very good cleanup job, and I don"t know how to post pics here yet ( I am a really really slow learner sometimes) but here is a link to the image. Maybe it is good enough that someone else can find it. Or maybe they an do a better job of cleaning the original up.

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h359/bellsmom2/lavenderlass1_zpsk0uyqtxv.jpg

It would be so fun if we could find the plates for you!!

It looks a little like the Meissen "Augustus Rex" mark, or a little like the Dellaherche mark but this really doesn't look like Meissen or Dellaherche porcelain.

Thanks for cleaning up the image, bellsmom! I just tried looking for that mark in the Kovels directory of china and pottery marks, under the initial A, but didn't find it. (Just posting it here to save others from repeating the same search.) This is where I looked:
Kovels Pottery and Porcelain Marks, Letters and Words, A

I also did a search for "rabbit" and "salad plate" at Link: Replacements, Ltd. but didn't find it there either. However, I now have a raging desire to buy bunny china.

Lavender, you're going to cost me some money before this is all over! ;-)

Like mudhouse says, yep I bought a vintage crystal "rabbit on a nest" candy dish listed on Amazon last night that I don't need but thought jelly beans would look great in it for Easter. It may not even get here in time. Thanks alot Lass. ;-)

LOL! Sorry, but they are cute :)

I found this tile on Pinterest, but no info for ordering some. There are some blue and white ones on Ebay, but no contact information...and for once, I like the brown!

Oh those plates are just beautiful Lavender. You have to find the set! Wow that faux marble sample is awesome! Looks real. I love the pansy pot too. :)

The blog site said she was originally going to purchase the plates online, but then found them at TJ Maxx for 60% less then the online price. Score!

Do you think she was going to buy them online at TJMaxx or you think she meant a different online store? Is there any chance in contacting the blogger to find out where she saw them online?

I just cracked myself up because in my head I said with the Elmer Fudd voice, "Shhhh....Wur hunting Wabbit plates!" Lol

Well, I succumbed a few days ago and bought bunny plates I found at Pier 1. Lavender, check out the rest of the tile on Margaret Licha's site that eam44 posted (with the green rabbit tiles). She has a number of other rabbit tiles too. Meanwhile, I'll keep looking for your plates. They're adorable.

LOL! Sorry about starting a bunny plate craze. They are cute...and it is almost Easter :)

The rabbit candy dish came today, that was fast.....like a bunny! I'm really happy with it. I was worried it would be smaller and hold only a handful of jelly beans but it isn't and holds an entire bag. Good thing I bought more than one bag. : )

It's adorable! I'm glad it arrived so quickly...like a bunny. Too cute :)

Just saw this....

James McAvoy, John Boyega, Nicholas Hoult and Ben Kingsley have joined the voice-cast of Netflix-BBC animated TV miniseries “Watership Down,” based on Richard Adams’ novel.

The four-part show, which will be finished next year, will be
available worldwide, outside of the U.K., on Netflix, and on BBC One in
the U.K.

http://variety.com/2016/film/global/james-mcavoy-john-boyega-netflix-bbc-watership-down-1201762264/

Oh, wow! Delightful!!

I just said a couple weeks ago to my hubby that they need to redo the original movie. The technology is finally here to make it superb! I am hoping that they stay true to the book and don't follow the original screenplay(not a fan).

The BBC seems to do things right though! Thanks for sharing!! :)

So happy to hear! Water ship Down is one of my all time faves. My father read it to me when I was little and then I've reread it many times since. I named my dog after one of the characters as she reminded me of a rabbit when she was a pup.

Sigh, I just love bunnies! I did dd's nursery in a bunny theme using Susan Turner bunny bedding, and I still haven't taken down some of my Easter decor. I think those plates are just the sweetest, and hope you find them.

Thought you might like this....ds made it in second grade art class and I put it out every year for Easter (much to the chagrin of his now 16 year old self! :) ) I often keep it out until Fall...love it so much.

mom2sulu, I thought of Watership Down right away too

Me too.

I know last year you were after plates, not tiles, but wanted to share a couple from Winchester Tiles. They have two other bunny tiles and some other animal tiles. Really sweet.

Darn, I thought of Rabbit Hill. Now I have to go back and reread that AND Watership Down. Thanks for growing my reading stack.

Lavender, I couldn't resist letting you know about these. They are available in Melamine children's plates as well as porcelain dinner and serving plates. I though of you the moment I saw them. Here are the four salad plates and serving items below.

Adorable plates! They have a bunny table runner as well.

So sad that Richard Adams passed away yesterday. Watership Down is one of my all time favorite books. I immediate thought of this thread and am so glad I checked in to see those fabulous bunny plates.

Yes, I was also sad to see he had passed.

Btw, I purchased this Kroger $.99 grocery bag last year for my daughter's room. But now I can't help but notice how close it is to those William-Sonoma plates. Funny!