BABES IN THE WOOD
ROYAL ART NOVELTY SERIES NO. 146, EVER NEW, Nursery Rhyme characters
stand up nursery rhyme characters, titles on the reverse, marked RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD., LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK. DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN ENGLAND , AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS IN BAVARIA. THE ROYAL ART NOVELTY SERIES NO. 146 discussed in the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON on pages 31 and 35, title EVER NEW is on the envelope only and it is described as a set of ten. Pictured on page 31 but also labelled as ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY on the envelope. They are marked with the letters A-M on the backs and as the set listed here has twelve, there is probably two sets.
BABES IN THE WOOD
146
B
young boy in purple and gold fancy suit hugs a smaller girl dressed in a blue dress, comes with an advert COMPLIMENTS OF DOVES, POMEROY AND STEWART, DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, & CO., POTTSDOWN, P.A.
6 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.