OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
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.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
146
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old woman sits with knitting on her lap, reaches for small dog jumping up on two legs to greet her, comes with an advert COMPLIMENTS OF DOVES, POMEROY AND STEWART, DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, & CO., POTTSDOWN, P.A.
7 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.