COURT BALL DRESS (title on reverse) white, yellow, and green gown and hat

Item
6/7
Set

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS DRESSING SERIES. ARTISTIC SERIES VI. PRINCESS ROSEBUD. PATENT NO. 23003.

Set Comment

please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On pages 41-45 they discuss this series. consists of four different sets, Artistic Series no. IV, V, VI and VII. Published in Britain and America. The American sets have four dresses and four hats each while the British ones have six dresses and six hats. The names of the sets are also different but the images and costumes are the same. The English sets have the names of the dolls/costumes on the backs. PRINCESS ROSEBUD is the rare English version of SWEET ABIGAIL-see pg 45

Set Covers

Title

COURT BALL DRESS (title on reverse) white, yellow, and green gown and hat

Prefix

VI

In set

F

Item Comment

white full length gown with yellow decorative accents, white necklace, long white sleeve gloves, holds a fan in her left hand, green cape with yellow lining, costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is yellow with a large feather plume (hat repaired)

Type

Paper Doll

Artist

MARGUERITE MCDONALD

Size

4 3/4 x 8 in. costume, 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in, hat