pink and white dress and hat
OUR PETS DRESSING SERIES. SET 2. WINSOME WINNIE AND HER WARDROBE, PATENT APPLIED FOR
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On page 41 they discuss this series. Three sets of dolls and each set was published during Queen Victoria's reign and at three different times and with three different sets of trademarks. Each set was packaged in a box with her name and an image of the doll in one of her costumes on the top cover. basic set is pictures on page 58. THERE SEEMS TO BE FOUR SETS but Whitton only identifies three.-much more info needed. They were also produced in a smaller sized version with the dolls 5 1/2 in. tall and with envelopes instead of boxes. Each of these dolls have three dresses and three hats.
pink and white dress and hat
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dress is pink in color with darker accents at neckline and hemline, pink flower clasp at chest, white slip undercoat and sleeves. in the UNITED STATES PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH, 1894 set this dress and hat is purple and not pink. It is possible that this dress is not in the correct set as there is no neck visible on the dress and all others of this set have a visible neck that is designed to fit under the attached separate head as opposed to those with slits and head continuous with the body of the doll. hat is white with a large pink bow on top.
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. dress, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. hat