LITTLE MISS MUFFET (title on reverse)
THE FAIRY TALE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS. ARTISTIC SERIES VIII. U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894.
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
LITTLE MISS MUFFET (title on reverse)
VIII
C
blue and white dress, blue socks and black shoes, spider under left hand, blue bowl in her right hand, costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is blue with a blue feather plume.
5 x 8 in. costume, 4 x 2 1/2 in. hat