This seal means the item meets the standards of RUFFLES & RIBBONS GIRLS' HOME for quality and being, if not stricly for girls, girl inclusive in the judgement of the RUFFLES & RIBBONS GIRLS' HOME. 'Esthetics" means "look and feel" in the context of 1948 to 1954 and asks "Could this have been around and used at the time or be equivalent to something that was?". Thus no Yogi Bear. A 36" 1959+ doll would simply give the appearnace that her "mommy" is smaller and as long as she looks right, would pass. Barbie would not do since the "fashion doll" was not a thing, that role was done by the ubiquitous "paper doll". Any properly dressed bride doll would do. An exotic doll might have been a gift to a little girl from the Fairies as long as it was not a caracature and looked totally bizarre. My tea set is a full 4 place set of pink dishes, cups, saucers, etc, real coffee pont, teapot and serving tray, white "flatware" and some added things from the 1970's probably having over 50 pieces. a pink plastic "table cloth" with a clear lace-pattern overlay and gold placemats (picture in my "About me") that I actually used for a make-believe teaparty with a non-ABLG friend (who is aware of my LG side) and Andrea and Lisa in the middle 1990's. Many of your toys and accessories can be the real thing if the timeframe is not obviously specific. Things like clothes and styles are covered in the Code of Conduct. Suffice it to say that at a girls' home, dresses and skrts were the order of the day

DIAPERS and RUBBER PANTIES: This is a major part or RUFFLES & RIBBONS GIRLS' HOME as it was a major part of anywhere that small children were. Some were prone to "accidents" This was more important with little girls. They were often used in group setting where a significant number could not "hold it" for 2 hours comfortably to cut down on the use of bathrooms to keep them from being tied up and save on water bills. As noted, they used on little girls who were unable to "hold it" for two hours comfortably or were under 8 years old if you were not sure that they could. On a long ride, girl or lady cannot stop along the way, get out of the vehicle and go into the woods, which were plentiful outside cities, and go. Since, prior to the Interstatede System, speeds were usually 45 miles per hour or less. trips were much longer; from Tiverton RI to Boston took two hours. Given all of this, if you have 5 live-in girls under 8 and if you babysit 9 or 10 more of the same. diapers and rubber panties will be important in your world. In the case of rubber panties, it means doing well in the areas discussed in the evaluation section of RUBBER PANTIES'R'US, the most thorough one-stop guide for such matters, covering such things as shape, fit, purchase, care and history of rubber panties. As for esthetics, that is not a free-floating property. There were no "esthetics" for rubber panties in 1950. The question was 'Do they work well?" were the material and construction of good quality so that you did not have keep replacing them all the time? This was a time when families had 3 children or more, so they bought to last. The better ones were thicker and put together well. Grainy material was pretty much unknown; the default was smooth material or real rubber They were all just "rubber panties". If grainy material was around at all, it was cheaper and inferior; thinner and prone to wear and tear more readily, considered for "poor people", which nobody wanted to be or be seen as. PUL and PEVA panties were a no-go. 6+ mil "Tuffy" panties would fit in since, while most rubber panties were probably less than 4 mil. their bodies would be about half the size of adult-sized panties so the 6, 7 and 8 mil panties would have a proper material thickness relative to the physical size. Shape was determined by function. You wanted to double or triple diaper a baby or little one so they had to cover that much diaper with plenty to spare so they had to be full-cut and "blousey". Since it was mostly girls, who wore dresses most of the time and panties were not supposed to show. That fullness did not matter. At that time, there were many smaller and even semi-local companies that made rubber panties and some were even homemade or imported, so an unusual panty would be reasonable. This has shaped our concept of estheticis for rubber pantiesl For me, the esthetics are what I remember from about 1949 to 1954. That would mean "baby panties" scaled up, covering an entire large diaper, not just something worn with a pad, smooth, thick material .004 or more, frosted to opaque, white or colored, and without "print" or "shell & liner [cloth covering or liner]". These are plentiful so I do not need to review anything else and they are also the least expensive. Since these were not to be seen to a significant degree, I never did understand the fancy or printed ones

GOLD - Excellent: This item meets all standards to the hightest realistic degree 90-100
SILVER - Superior: Very good but still a couple of notches down from Excellent 80-89
BRONZE: Fair: Still good enough for RUFFLES & RIBBONS GIRLS HOME and recommended though just about 70-79
TIN. Poor but Passing: Only if you must. May be used but not recommended. Bottom of the barrel 60-69
BLACK: Would be unacceptable but for one or more outstanding quality; maybe preice, esthetics, the only item that meets a specific major need, etc