![]() Up for auction was this Rabbit Mold that was all rusty and it was missing the plunger so it sold for under $25. Jim Burkam heard about an auction not to far from his home, back in the 1970's, so he went to buy some Glass Animals that he was collecting at that time. I do not have the Blue Slag Milk Glass yet. The Blue Milk Glass pictured on the left and Blue Slag Milk Glass were 2 early colors. Same seller and new colors were Green Slag, Red, Red Slag, Milk Blue Slag, Shrimp and Shrimp Slag! The new colors were selling for $15 each or 6 for $54. The old colors were selling for $12 each or 6 for $48 Limited Edition of less than 500 of each color! This was the last advertising I have seen for these BB Bunnies. The only other Advertisement I found was a Half Page Ad run again in the April, 1979 "Glass Review". Colors were the same but prices were reduced to $12 each or 6 or more for $8 each. By December, 1978 the advertisement was reduced to a 1/8th of a page and no photo of the Rabbit. The same half page advertisement ran in the October, 1978 "Glass Review" with new colors of Pink, Lime Green Slag, Lemon Custard Slag, Blue Milk Slag. Very few of the Satin finished Bunnies were made, like a dozen or less in each color dipped, because it is a labor intense process. The Satin version was made by dipping the original color in acid. SATIN or FROSTED finish which ever word you prefer. The "Vaseline" colored Bunny above and the Vaseline Satin one to the right Glow Brilliantly under Black Light!Īnother twist was added to the production of these Bunnies. Every other color listed was the same as above. The next identical advertisement appeared in the September, 1978 "Glass Review" with only the addition of the color Lime Green. The colors are: Vaseline,Milk Blue,Cobalt,Custard,Clear,Sapphire Blue, Green. These are made in a limited amount, not over 500 of each color. It is a solid glass 6 inches high 4 inches wide at base. The first sign of the New "Thumper" was a half page advertisement in the July, 1978 Glass Review Magazine. They told me the Maidel's partnered up with a gentleman name Jim Burkam and had the Bunnies made. I spoke with relatives of Ruth and Edward Maidel, known as "BUS". Shortly after the Miller's article was shown in the Rainbow Glass Review some entrepreneurs decided to take the old mold with modifications and reissue "Thumper" with a new base and the BB mark!Įdward and Ruth Maidel of Newark, Ohio had the theses BB Bunnies advertised in 1978. Less than 50 Bunnies were irridized in any given color and not all colors were irridized. ![]() Some of the Bunnies were irridized to give them the "Carnival" look and the Custard Bunny on the Right is an example of the irridized look. ![]() ![]() By tracking names and searching threw different people I was able to track down the Burkam Bunny! So here is how the story progressed. I had a base knowledge of the Barth Art Mold but started making random calls out East to track down information on the BB Mold. I am writing this article in the order I found the information so it will seem like I am going back and forth to start with. Side by side you can not tell the difference from the BB Bunny. The Crystal "Thumper" on the right is the Original Crystal Barth Art mold. I will break into the story and identify anything special about a certain color. I will show all the colors I have at this time but it is by no means all of the existing colors! Because there are so many I am going to mix them in the story as they were produced. The BB Bunny was created from the Original Barth-Art Glass Company Mold! I have been investigating this story for 5 years and, turning up tidbits of information, finally think I have enough information for an article.
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