Queen Alexandra

This stunning and extremely rare bisque porcelain model was announced in 1978, as the first of a series of three dolls to be called “Queen Mothers of the 20^th Century”, (The others were Queen Mary, consort of George V, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother). Issued in a series of 800 dolls, Alexandra was priced at

Queen Alexandra is shown here in mourning, and this doll is faithfully modelled on a well known photograph of this popular queen (see smaller picture on the right)

Alexandra was much loved for her charitable work, and her extreme generosity. The Alexandra Rose Day fund she set up in 1912 still exists; its current patron is Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Alexandra's great granddaughter

A close-up view of the doll's face (difficult to see clearly through her veil - but she is beautiful!)

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