SET: ROYAL ART NOVELTY or ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY, SERIES NO. 144, FOR SHOWER AND SUNSHINE

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Set Comment

ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY SERIES NO. 144, FOR SHOWER AND SUNSHINE.CONTENTS. 6 JUVENILE HUMOROUS GROUPINGS WITH NOVEL UMBRELLA AND SUNSHADE ARRANGEMENTS. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD., PUBLISHERS TO THE QUEEN. LONDON, PARIS, & NEW YORK. circa 1895-1901.
both boxes are marked ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY but items are marked as ROYAL ART NOVELTY with the same publishing details as the box plus DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN ENGLAND AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS IN GERMANY. sold in boxes of six but must be more than one set.
images fold out to create a standing 3-D effect, one of the figures holds a stick to support one of the many interchangeable umbrellas or sunshades that can be bent to form a circle

Items in Set

AN OUT DOOR LESSON 144-A
AN OUT DOOR LESSON
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mother cat sits in a chair and two kittens play beside her in a wooden wheelbarrow

Size
4 1/2 x 5 in.
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LITTLE SWEETHEARTS 144-B
LITTLE SWEETHEARTS
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boy and girl dressed dogs walk on their hind feet arm in arm, this copy is broken

Size
4 x 5 in.
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HOME FROM SCHOOL 144-C
HOME FROM SCHOOL
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two girls walk carrying school slates, a dog runs ahead

Size
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
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DICKIES' FRIEND 144-D
DICKIES' FRIEND
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girl in a red coat and blue skirt feeds the birds over a small icy wooden fence

Size
4 1/2 x 6 in.
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A HAPPY FAMILY 144-E
A HAPPY FAMILY
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mother and father bears walk and a young bear runs beside them on a toy scooter

Size
4 x 5 in.
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PADDY AND HIS PIG 144-F
PADDY AND HIS PIG
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man in green shirt and brown pants walks with a pig on a string

Size
4 x 5 in. high
Categories
THE SUNNY SEASIDE 144-G
THE SUNNY SEASIDE
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two girls hold pails on the sand and watch a small boy in front of them sail a boat in the water

Size
4 x 5 in.
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FROGGIE WOULD A WOOING GO! 144-H
FROGGIE WOULD A WOOING GO!
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two frogs walking on their hind legs, a beetle watches from the top of a mushroom

Size
5 x 6 1/2 in.
Categories
IN FAR JAPAN 144-J
IN FAR JAPAN
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two Japanese ladies walk behind two cranes

Size
5 x 6 1/2 in.
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THE TEMPTING BUN 144-K
THE TEMPTING BUN
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young girl dressed in blue and white carries a basket of buns, geese gather around her

Size
4 1/2 x 5 in.
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FEEDING THE SWANS 144-L
FEEDING THE SWANS
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one swan has a broken neck

Size
4 1/2 x 6 in.
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IN THE CIRCUS 144-M
IN THE CIRCUS
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clown dressed in blue and white balances a stick on his nose, another clown peaks out from behind a red umbrella in front

Size
4 x 5 1/4 in.
Categories
umbrellas 144
umbrellas
Item Comment

various colour and shape assortment

Size
4 x 4 in.
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