Cinderella ARTISTIC SERIES IX. 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 Cinderella on the cover
Cinderella ARTISTIC SERIES IX. U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894
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doll, head separate but "attached at a proper angle, onto an elongated neck, space being left under the chin to slip on the separate costume which also came with a neck long enough to allow this manipulation" page 70 of PAPER DOLLS A GUIDE TO COSTUME BY CLARA HALLARD FAWCETT, 1951. , brown hair slightly curled and long, gold headband in her hair, facing forward, both arms hanging down, wearing a blue slip dress with white lace at the neck, sleeves and hemline, blue stockings and shoes, wears a gold necklace. costumes come with neck attached, comes in a folded white folder with a picture of Cinderella on the cover. on reverse Tuck artistic series easel and palette trademark with BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT. PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. followed by the Tuck publishing info RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK. ARTISTIC SERIES IX. U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894 COPYRIGHT 1894 BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO., LTD.
4 x 9 in. doll