red brown dress with blue trim accents, and 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 come in two different versions.This is the larger sized doll and series of dresses. The doll's head is separate but to be attached to the body so that the dresses slide under the chin and hair. There are no slits. They are marked with titles on the boxes but only identified as ARTISTIC SERIES on the backs of the dolls and dresses. Please note the two different spellings of ROSEY or ROSY RUTH. They come in white cardboard boxes titled DOLLS FOR ALL SEASONS PATENTED FEBRY 20TH 1894. ROSY RUTH. HER HATS AND HER GOWNS. DESIGNED BY MARGRET MCDONALD. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
red brown dress with blue trim accents, and hat
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red brown dress with blue trim accents at the neck, shoulders, waist, and hemline, she has brown gloves and holds a blue purse in her left hand and some small blue flowers in her right. dress is knee length, she has brown boots, this dress is not marked with an initial, hat is red brown with purple feather plumes and small blue flowers, dress has an elongated neck to allow it to slip under the chin of the doll
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
7 1/2 x 11 in. dress, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. hat