green gown and hat

Item
1/5
Set

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS DRESSING SERIES. ARTISTIC SERIES VII. COURTLY BEATRICE. U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894.

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 41-46 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.

Set Covers

Title

green gown and hat

Prefix

VII

In set

A

Item Comment

light and dark green full length gown,large flowing sleeves, three gold chains at neck and jeweled gold chain at waist with small gold purse. costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is a jeweled gold band crown with a single green feather plume

Type

Paper Doll

Artist

MARGUERITE MCDONALD

Size

6 x 8 in. costume, 2 1/2 x 2 in. hat