SERENE SYBIL, (title on box)
LITTLE MAIDS NEW SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, NO 42, SERENE SYBIL
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. They discuss this series on page 121. It consists of four sets-SUNNY SUSAN, NO 41, SERENE SYBIL, NO 42, PLAYFUL POLLY, NO. 43, and FAIR FRANCES, NO. 44. The dolls and the dresses are not marked on the backs with names, descriptions or numbers but do contain the Tuck trademark and patent and printing info. The boxes are cardboard. PATENTED FEB.20 1894, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO. LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK, PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN
SERENE SYBIL, (title on box)
42
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 shoulder length blond wavy hair with a blue bow at her left temple, her left arm is bent at the elbow across her chest, her right arm hangs at her side with the hand slightly extended she wears a white and blue slip undergarment with pink ribbon accents, blue stockings,and black shoes with small blue bows
5 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. doll