burgundy dress and straw hat

Item
2/5
Set

DOLLS FOR ALL SEASONS SERIES, DEAR DOROTHY, ARTISTIC SERIES 500, PATENTED. (larger 13 in. version, artistic series numbers,

Set Comment

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. DEAR DOROTHY. HER HATS AND HER GOWNS. DESIGNED BY MARGRET MCDONALD. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Set Covers

Title

burgundy dress and straw hat

Number

500

In set

B

Item Comment

burgundy dress with darker purple collar, sash and hemline. the sash at her waist is tied into a large bow, she holds a bouquet of yellow flowers in her right hand, hat is straw with large burgundy purple feather plumes, dress has an elongated neck to allow it to slip under the chin of the doll

Type

Paper Doll

Artist

DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD

Size

7 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. dress, 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. hat