DARLING MARGERY, ARTISTIC SERIES 20, U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894
NEW SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, DARLING MARGERY, ARTISTIC SERIES 20, , 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 page 80 they discuss this series but do not have DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 or DARLING GLADYS (same doll and outfits as MURIEL but the boxes are marked as GLADYS). It consists of four different sets, DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 (dresses are full length). DARLING HILDA-ARTISTIC SERIES 21 (dresses are ankle length), DARLING EDITH-ARTISTIC SERIES 22 (dresses are ankle length), and DARLING MURIEL-ARTISTIC SERIES 23 (dresses are knee length), . each set comes in a white folder with her name and an image of the doll in one of her costumes on the top cover., DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD Published in Britain with the PATENT NO. 23003, and in America with the U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20 TH, 1894 but Whitton only identifies the American ones.
DARLING MARGERY, ARTISTIC SERIES 20, U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894
20
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. , she has long hair with a thin white ribbon tied into a bow on the centre of her head. she looks slightly to the right and wears a red necklace, she wears a white grey undercoat slip that goes just past her knees, there is lace at the neckline, sleeves, and hemline. she has red ribbon accents through the lace at her neck and chest with a small purse hanging down. her shoes are red. her arms hang at her sides.
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
3 3/4 x 9 in. doll