purple and gold dress and hat, (hat is missing)

Item
2/4
Set

DOLLS FOR ALL SEASONS SERIES, MERRY MARION, ARTISTIC SERIES 502, 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.MERRY MARION. HER HATS AND HER GOWNS. DESIGNED BY MARGRET MCDONALD. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Title

purple and gold dress and hat, (hat is missing)

Number

502

In set

C

Item Comment

light purple dress with dark purple accents and gold trim at the neck, cuffs, and hemline, she wears brown boots and holds a stick in her left hand, hat is gold with purple feather plumes, (hat is missing) dress has an elongated neck to allow it to slip under the chin of the doll

Artist

DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD

Size

7 1/2 x 11 in. dress