white wedding dress (hat is missing)

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BLONDE AND BRUNETTE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS DRESSING DOLLS, ARTISTIC SERIES XV. BELLE OF SARATOGA

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 purple holding flowers


white wedding dress (hat is missing)

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white wedding dress, she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. costume has attached neck to fit under head. hat is missing. also comes with an advert for MAPTO-PEPTIN BREAD THE GREATEST HOME-MADE BREAD IN THE WORLD MADE ONLY BY SMITH, COLLINS & CO. SAVE 20 BREAD COUPONS AND YET A BOX OF THESE DOLLS. RETURN COUPONS TO YOUR GROCER

Paper Doll

MARGUERITE MCDONALD

5 3/4 in. x 8 in costume