Special Collectors Set 14

Richard The Lionheart and his Court

Limited to 500 Sets - Issued in 1977

Richard Coeur de Lion, or Lion Heart, was so named because of his unrivalled courage and bravery in battle,    He spent only six months of his ten year reign in England – The rest of the time, he was fighting in the crusades in the Holy Land.   This doll shows the warrior king in a rare moment out of armour!

The mother of Richard, Eleanor was a clever and influential woman.  This Nisbet doll shows a fine example of the medieval costume Peggy did so well

The wife of King Richard, Berengaria was a great benefactress to the Abbey of L’Espna, to which she retired in 1230.  This doll is a particularly fine example of a Nisbet medieval costume

Carrying the Royal Standard, the Standard Bearer’s place was by his King’s side – even in the thick of battle – hence his shield and suit of Chain Mail.

The complete set consisted of the following four dolls :

  • LE/79 - King Richard I
  • LE/80 - Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • LE/81 - Queen Berengaria of Navarre
  • LE/82 - Standard Bearer

Each doll was supplied with a numbered certificate of authenticity

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News

21st September 2023

 

Important Announcement

 

My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.

 

Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.

 

We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.   

 

This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work.   After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support.   Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.

 

In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.

 

I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered.   Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.

 

As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.   

 

My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can.   In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.

 

From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).

 

My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support

 

Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)

 

Christine Poulten

25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021