Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain This skirt looks to have

This skirt looks to have seen little use and was well cared for

Shoulders: 19 3/4” across seam-to-seam

This is a rather unique suit

The label reads “100% Cotton Size: L Made in Japan”

Sleeves: 24” from the seam with the cuff turned - the cuff has a width of 2 1/2”

Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain This skirt looks to haveThis is a very nice copy of an early twentieth century Boots edition of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustrated throughout with the celebrated artwork of Jessie Willcox Smith, one of America's greatest Golden Age illustrators. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., Nottingham, this attractive edition was issued shortly after the famous American publication and is generally believed to date to circa 1920. It