yellow dress with white lace and large blue bow, with hat
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On page 74 they discuss these four sets-ROSEY RUTH, DEAR DOROTHY, MERRY MARION, and SWEET ALICE. Sets that comes in two different versions. One version has dolls 9 inches tall with a head continuous with the rest of the doll and two small slits at the shoulders to put the dress tabs through. There are no numbers or titles on the backs. They come in thin light brown envelopes and each contains a doll, four dresses, and four hats. They are a smaller version of the numbered ARTISTIC SERIES sets.
yellow dress with white lace and large blue bow, with hat
yellow dress with white lace at shoulders and across chest to be fastened by a large blue ribbon bow, white lace at hemline and cuffs, she wears tall brown boots with blue bows and holds a blue fan in her right hand, dress is knee length, hat is yellow with white lace trim and a large blue ribbon bow.
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. dress, 4 x 2 1/2 in. hat