OUR PETS DRESSING SERIES. DOLLY DELIGHT NO 3 OF OUR PETS SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS ( this dolls has head that is continuous and has slots)
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.
OUR PETS DRESSING SERIES. DOLLY DELIGHT NO 3 OF OUR PETS SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS ( this dolls has head that is continuous and has slots)
doll, head attached (no neck added to the dresses) and has slots to place tabs through to apply the costumes. dress are about 1 inch shorter to account for this. brown hair with curls, in white undercoat or slip with lace to neckline, shoulders, and hemline, outstretched arms, black shoes with blue short stockings on. on reverse DOLLY DELIGHT NO 3 OF OUR PETS SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS followed by the Tuck artistic series easel and palette trademark with PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN ALEXANDRIA. followed by the attached stand and then RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK. DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN ENGLAND AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS ON BAVARIA.
MARGUERITE MCDONALD
9 x 4 1/2 in. doll