Pistachio - #0013

DuckDex Entry #0013: Pistachio

DuckDex Number: #0013

Museum Name: Pistachio

Original Product Name: Not yet documented

Brand: Bath & Body Works

Object Type: Rubber duck

Colors: Translucent pearlescent body with green and gold glitter and orange beak

Date: Undetermined

Acquisition: Purchased by Nichole

Museum Collection: Bath & Body Works Collection 

✨ Captain Quackers' Curator Notes

"Pistachio rewards a closer look. Her translucent body contains green and gold glitter that shifts and sparkles as the light changes, making her unlike the solid-color, pearlescent, and patterned Bath & Body Works ducks elsewhere in the museum collection. Even more intriguing are the markings molded into her base. We can record exactly what they say, but we don't yet know what every number means. Pistachio is a wonderful reminder that an artifact can preserve both beauty and unanswered questions—and sometimes the clues underneath a duck are just as important as the glitter inside it."

🧳 Adventure Log

📍 Current Home: The American Rubber Duck Museum Collection

🛍️ Collection: Bath & Body Works

✨ Known For: Translucent body with green and gold glitter

💫 Special Talent: Sparkling differently every time the light hits

🦆 Mission: Help document specialty materials, finishes, and molded markings among surviving Bath & Body Works ducks

📅 Adventure Status: Preserved for future museum display

🏛️ Museum Label

Pistachio
Bath & Body Works Collection
DuckDex Entry #0013

This translucent glitter-filled duck is a surviving example of Bath & Body Works' rubber duck merchandise. Molded Bath & Body Works markings establish its brand attribution, and the surviving object is marked as manufactured in China. Its original product name, release date, manufacturer/vendor, and retail context remain under investigation.

Pistachio's translucent body and suspended green-and-gold glitter distinguish it from the solid-color, pearlescent, and patterned examples elsewhere in the museum's collection. The object also preserves molded base markings that may eventually help explain how Bath & Body Works ducks were manufactured or cataloged, although the meaning of those markings has not yet been verified.

💝 Provenance

Brand/Marking: Bath & Body Works

Manufacturer: Not yet identified

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

Molded Code/Marking: 4300496320 

Additional Molded Code/Marking: 08/10

Acquisition Source: Purchased by Nichole

Acquisition Date: [if known]

Story Connection: Nichole added Pistachio to the museum as part of her effort to document the variety of surviving Bath & Body Works rubber ducks. Its translucent construction, suspended glitter, and molded base markings make it particularly useful for comparison with other examples in the collection and may eventually help the museum better understand relationships among different designs and releases.

🌞 Conservation Notes

Pistachio retains a translucent body with visible green and gold glitter and an orange beak. The glitter remains distributed throughout the body, and the facial details and molded base markings remain.

Condition Note: A small bulge is present on the underside of the base. The deformation prevents Pistachio from sitting completely flush on a flat surface and results in a slight wobble when displayed. The deformation is documented in the artifact's condition record.

🔎 Research Notes

🟩 Confirmed: Bath & Body Works attribution is established by molded markings on the surviving object.

🟩 Confirmed: The object is marked as manufactured in China.

🟩 Confirmed: The surviving object has translucent construction containing green and gold glitter.

🟩 Confirmed: The base carries molded numerical markings, including 4300496320 and 08/10.

🟨 Not yet established: Meaning or function of the molded number 4300496320.

🟨 Not yet established: Meaning of 08/10.

🟨 Not yet established: Original product name, release date, manufacturer/vendor, original retail price, or specific promotional/seasonal context.

✨ Why Captain Quackers Loves This Duck

Every duck has a story...

"Some ducks shine because of where they've been. Others shine because of who they belonged to. Pistachio sparkles whenever the light finds her—but what I love most are the mysteries we can't see quite so easily. The numbers underneath her, the name she once had, when she appeared, and who actually made her are all pieces of a story we're still trying to recover. Sometimes the best museum treasures aren't the ones with every answer. They're the ones that give us new questions to ask."

✨ Captain Quackers

Chief Curator & Adventure Officer

🦆 Every Duck Has a Story...

"...and Pistachio reminds us that sometimes the most intriguing treasures are the ones whose stories are still waiting to be uncovered."