gold gown with black lace trim and hat
BLONDE AND BRUNETTE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS DRESSING DOLLS, ARTISTIC SERIES XIV. BELLE OF NEWPORT
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On pages 55 they discuss this series. consists of four sets, BELLE OF THE SOUTH-ARTISTIC SERIES XII, BELLE OF THE WEST-ARTISTIC SERIES XIII, BELLE OF NEWPORT-ARTISTIC SERIES XIV, and BELLE OF SARATOGA-ARTISTIC SERIES XV. -all with four costumes and matching hats, costumes come with neck attached, published in America. NOTE-there were British sets also published with these artistic series numbers but they are in a different series.-see page 55. Each is marked 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 XIV. U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894 COPYRIGHT 1894 BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO., LTD. comes in a white folder with an image of a lady dressed in blue holding a tennis racket, also come with an advert for COFFEE CERTIFICATES
gold gown with black lace trim and hat
XIV
B
gold gown, black lace on top at neck, cuffs,top, and at hem. she wears long sleeve gloves of gold, black lace at neck. she has a bouquet of roses at her chest. costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is a small red rose on black sheer lace
MARGUERITE MCDONALD
6 x 8 1/4 in. costume, 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. hat