Doll Listings By Family
Though we cannot guarantee that these listings are complete, they are very comprehensive, and will offer a good starting point for your explorations.
However, we must remember that the original Nisbet archive was lost in the fire of 1970, and many early dolls were only mentioned, (if at all), as a line of text in a catalogue, with no pictures or description ever recorded to define them.
A large number of the dolls had several costume changes over their production life, and this can lead to confusion over their identity.
Many Nisbet dolls were made as Historical, Portrait, and Limited Editions, to further confuse the poor collector! (The Beefeater or Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London was made in up to seven different doll families, and finding out which one(s) are in your collection can be very taxing!)
Finally, some Nisbet models had a dual identity, as a result of a character who had fallen out of favour being recycled with a new, more glamourous name, (and number)
A PDF File listing the bulk of the Peggy Nisbet Historical Series dolls
Historical Dolls Listing.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [72.7 KB]
A PDF File listing the bulk of the Peggy Nisbet Portrait Series dolls
Portrait Dolls Listing.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [87.8 KB]
A PDF File listing the bulk of the Peggy Nisbet National Costume dolls, (including the "International Ladies" series, and the "IZAL" dolls)
National Costume Dolls Listing.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [62.1 KB]
A PDF File listing the bulk of the Peggy Nisbet Happy Dolls
Happy Dolls Listing.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [65.1 KB]
A PDF File listing the bulk of the Peggy Nisbet Porcelain dolls
Porcelain Dolls Listing.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [61.8 KB]
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
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