Lady Lilac - #0020

DuckDex Entry #0020: Lady Lilac

DuckDex Number: #0020

Museum Name: Lady Lilac

Original Product Name: Not yet documented

Brand: Bath & Body Works

Object Type: Rubber duck

Colors: Pale lavender with blue and pink floral decoration, a purple bill, and black-and-white eyes

Date: Undetermined; underside bears the molded code “11/10”

Acquisition: Purchase information awaiting matching

Museum Collection: Bath & Body Works Collection 

Museum Accession Number: ARDM-2026.005

💜 Captain Quackers' Curator Notes 

Lady Lilac looks ready for a garden party! Her pale lavender body, purple bill, and clusters of blue flowers make a lovely combination, with tiny pink accents tucked among the blossoms. Painted eyelashes and sculpted wings complete her rather elegant appearance.

Turn her over, and there’s more to discover. Alongside the Bath & Body Works name are the markings ‘4500448096/10,’ ‘11/10,’ and ‘ORDHFAW.’ We’ve recorded them exactly, but we still need to investigate what they mean.

Her flowers also help us compare the museum’s floral ducks. Do similar decorations identify related releases, or were floral patterns used across different years and promotions? Lady Lilac gives us another surviving object to study as we work toward those answers.

🧳 Adventure Log

📍 Current Home: The American Rubber Duck Museum Collection

🛍️ Collection: Bath & Body Works

🌸 Known For: A lavender body, purple bill, and clusters of blue flowers with pink accents

✨ Special Talent: Making every shelf feel like a garden party

🦆 Mission: Help document floral designs and underside markings among surviving Bath & Body Works ducks

📅 Adventure Status: Photographed; purchase matching and catalog reconciliation pending

🏛️ Museum Label

Lady Lilac
Bath & Body Works Collection
DuckDex Entry #0020

This pale lavender duck features a purple bill, painted eyelashes, and blue floral decoration with small pink accents. Molded wings, feather details, and a raised tail give structure to its glossy surface.

The molded Bath & Body Works name identifies the brand, while bilingual underside lettering identifies China as the country of manufacture. Additional molded markings include “4500448096/10,” “11/10,” and “ORDHFAW.”

Lady Lilac documents another floral design within the museum’s Bath & Body Works collection. Her original product name, release history, manufacturer/vendor, and specific retail context remain under investigation.

💝 Provenance

Brand/Marking: Bath & Body Works

Manufacturer: Not yet identified

Country of Manufacture: China (based on molded object marking)

Molded Base Markings:

• Bath & Body Works

• 4500448096/10

• 11/10

• ORDHFAW

• Made in China/Fait en Chine

• For All Ages/Pour Tout Âges

Acquisition Source: Awaiting purchase-record matching

Acquisition Date: Not yet established

Documented Item Price: Not yet documented

Story Connection: Lady Lilac is part of Nichole’s effort to preserve and document the variety of surviving Bath & Body Works ducks. Her lavender coloring, purple bill, and floral decoration provide useful features for comparing objects with receipts, packaging, advertisements, and other documented examples.

🌸 Conservation Notes

The photographs show Lady Lilac retaining her overall shape, glossy lavender surface, floral decoration, and painted facial details. Molded wings and feather features remain well defined.

The supplied views show small dark specks and minor surface marks. The underside shows light scuffing and a central recessed opening whose original construction and function have not been established.

This is a photographic assessment. We did not assess interior condition, flexibility, squeaker operation, or floating behavior. Ruler photographs are available, but exact dimensions require measurements taken with the scale aligned to the object.

🔎 Research Notes

🟩 Confirmed: The underside bears a molded Bath & Body Works marking.

🟩 Confirmed: The object is marked “Made in China/Fait en Chine.”

🟩 Confirmed: The photographed duck has a pale lavender body, purple bill, and blue floral decoration with pink accents.

🟩 Confirmed: Additional molded markings read “4500448096/10,” “11/10,” and “ORDHFAW.”

🟨 Date interpretation: “11/10” resembles a month/year code, but its function has not been independently established. It is recorded without assigning a confirmed production or release date.

🟨 Manufacturer/vendor: Neither the numeric marking nor “ORDHFAW” has yet been tied to a verified manufacturer or supplier.

🟨 Material: Exact polymer composition remains unconfirmed.

🟨 Purchase matching: Acquisition date, seller, purchase price, and receipt association remain to be established.

🟨 Catalog identity: Compare Lady Lilac with existing floral-duck entries, including the unresolved documentation associated with Petunia (#0014), before assigning a separate number. Floral resemblance alone does not establish identity.

🟨 Release history: Original product name, packaging, retail price, promotional context, and relationships to other floral designs remain unknown.

Record last updated: October 18, 2026

 Why Captain Quackers Loves This Duck

Every duck has a story...

“Lady Lilac brings her own little garden wherever she goes. I’m especially fond of that purple bill—it makes her look perfectly coordinated without needing a single accessory!

Her flowers invite us to enjoy the design, while her underside invites us to investigate. Both belong in her museum story. A careful photograph of a small marking may one day help connect this lovely duck to the people who made her or the shelf where she was first sold.

Until then, she has a name, a place in the flock, and plenty of questions worth pursuing.”

🩵 Captain Quackers
Chief Curator & Adventure Officer

🦆 Every Duck Has a Story...

💜“…and Lady Lilac brings a garden of color—and a few mysteries—to the flock.”