LITTLE JACK HORNER
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.
LITTLE JACK HORNER
146
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young boy sits on a wooden stool with a large pie on his lap, a knife in his left hand and a plum in his right comes with an advert COMPLIMENTS OF DOVES, POMEROY AND STEWART, DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, & CO., POTTSDOWN, P.A.
7 x 12 1/2 in.