green dress with straw hat, (hat is missing)
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
green dress with straw hat, (hat is missing)
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green dress with small white dots, red and white lace at neck cuffs, and hemline, red belt at waist and red ribbon at neck, she holds a red folded fan in her right hand, socks are red and shoes are brown, hat is straw with flowers and greenery and red ribbon and bow (hat is missing) dress has an elongated neck to allow it to slip under the chin of the doll
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
6 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. dress