LITTLE BOY BLUE (title on reverse)

Item
4/7
Set

THE FAIRY TALE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS. ARTISTIC SERIES X. PATENT No. 23003

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 a boy in blue on the cover, this is the British set with six costumes and hats.

Set Covers
Title

LITTLE BOY BLUE (title on reverse)

Prefix

X

In set

D

Item Comment

blue dress, white stockings and black shoes, he holds a horn in his right hand, costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is grey with a blue ribbon and feather.

Size

4 1/2 x 8 in. costume, 4 x 2 in. hat