THE FAIRY TALE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS. ARTISTIC SERIES X. 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 a boy in blue on the cover
DICK WHITTINGTON (title on reverse) (hat is missing)
X
B
green suit with brown collar belt and boots, he holds a stick with a red bundle in his right hand, a cat sits in front of a gravestone at his feet. costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is missing
4 1/2 x 8 in. costume,