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
Title
green dress with pink top and hat with a large red parasol
Number
44
Item Comment
green dress with darker green at her bodice, large central gold buckle, pink top with darker pink ribbon accents, she holds a wooden rod in her left hand to be the handle of her parasol, the hat is white with darker pink accents and a large striped ribbon bow with a parasol in the background, the parasol is large, open and red in color, dress has an elongated neck to slide under the chin of the doll,
