LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (title on reverse)

Item
1/5
Set

THE FAIRY TALE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS. ARTISTIC SERIES VIII. 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 46-51 they discuss this series. consists of three sets, Artistic series no. VIII, IX, and X Published in Britain and America. The American sets are marked on the reverse U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894 and the British as PATENT NO. 23003 comes in a folded white folder with a picture of Little Red Riding Hood on the cover

Set Covers

Title

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (title on reverse)

Prefix

VIII

In set

A

Item Comment

white dress with blue slip underneath, red cape, white socks and brown shoes, she holds a wicker basket in her left hand and a bouquet of flowers in the right hand. costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is red

Type

Paper Doll

Size

5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. costume, 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. hat