pink flowing gown with green ribbons (hat missing)
NEW SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, DARLING HILDA, ARTISTIC SERIES 21, PATENT NO. 23003
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.
pink flowing gown with green ribbons (hat missing)
21
C
pink flowing gown with green lining, green ribbons across front and a green pocket on her right, she wears white gloves. same as dress 22 B for DARLING EDITH set. (dresses are ankle length), hat is missing
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. dress