Peggy Nisbet made her first doll in1952 in honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was so well received that she continued making them. By the 1970’s and 1980’s her dolls were collected all over the world. Left to right we have the 8 in. 1986 Yeoman Warder from the doll series, Uniforms of Great Britain, House of Nisbet; 1992 8 in. Scottish Girl, Nisbet National Costume series; and 1986 8 in. Palace Guard, also from Uniforms of Great Britain.
The two 10 in. Norfin trolls, one in yellow, the other in purple, are marked 604 on their feet. The third 12 in. doll, 1984-1985, came with a wrist-tag reading Baby Girl. She was made in Denmark by Dam Things Aps. and imported by EFS Marketing Assoc.
Here are the trolls in their new cave. Trolls were reintroduced in the mid 1980’s with an improved vinyl body when the Norfin troll became available.
On the wall in the house where I grew up hung a picture of Goya’s Don Manuel Osorio, known as the Red Boy. It made an impression because the little boy in the fancy red suit was painted with a pet magpie and three cats looking on. Mme. Alexander chose her Alexander-Kin mold to create this 1988 8 in. Red Boy.
