red and burgundy dress and hat ( hat is missing)

Item
6/8
Set

OUR PETS DRESSING SERIES. SET 3. DOLLY DELIGHT AND HER DRESSES, PATENT APPLIED FOR

Set Comment

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. 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.

Set Covers

Title

red and burgundy dress and hat ( hat is missing)

Prefix

III

In set

E

Item Comment

full length gown with burgundy shoulders and ribbon at waist tied into a large bow, thin ribbon at chest, white at shoulders, sleeves, and at hemline. dress has attached neck to fit under head. hat is missing

Type

Paper Doll

Size

5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in dress