THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE

Item
9/12
Set

ROYAL ART NOVELTY SERIES NO. 146, EVER NEW, Nursery Rhyme characters

Set Comment

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.

Set Covers

Title

THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE

Number

146

In set

I

Item Comment

many children play in a large black shoe and are chased by a woman with a broom

Type

Paper Toy

Size

13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.