Vintage Peggy Nisbet doll Canadian Mountie original box perfect made England

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Vintage Peggy Nisbet doll Canadian Mountie original box perfect made England:
$3.88

One of her early works still in original box Perfect vintage condition comes complete with hat. model number is t/10 Mountie Made in England. COLLECTORS COSTUME DOLLS A Mountie is a constable of the Royal CanadianMounted Police.A short Biography

Peggy Nisbet,(nee Peacock), was born in Bristol in 1909 and moved with her widowed mother toWeston-super-Mare when only a few months old. Peggy was educated atLa Retraite Convent in Weston, and later, in France. Her educationfinished, Peggy took a job as a secretary at Weston-super-Mare TownHall. She lived in Weston until 1929, then moved to London to workas a secretary with the London Omnibus Company. When the companywas reorganised as London Transport, Peggy became secretary to the Chairman,Lord Ashfield.

In 1934, Peggymarried William (Bill) Nisbet, an accountant. In 1939, at theoutbreak of World War Two, the Nisbets moved back to Weston-super-Mare, wherePeggy became the first lady cashier to work at Barclays\' Bank.In 1952, Peggy started to make dolls, supported by her husband, who remainedcommitted to the business until his death in 1959.

In those earlydays, Peggy designed the dolls and her Aunt Kitty, (an able seamstress), madethe prototypes. Peggy made figures dressed in national costumes,historical costumes and dressed as famous historical figures.Through exhibiting at toy fairs in Britain and America the demand for PeggyNisbet dolls grew. One of Peggy\'s strengths was her talent inresearch - each costume and character was designed with great accuracy; therewas wide variety ‑ from Henry VIII and his six wives, to Tutankhamen, and thedoorman at Harrods. Later, Peggy regularly attended collectors\'conventions in America, which further promoted the dolls.Collectors worldwide would eagerly wait to see the new dollsproduced by the House of Nisbet. At its height, the House of Nisbetwas the second largest doll manufacturer in Britain. The success ofthe business was entirely due to the enthusiasm and drive of Peggy.In 1979 Peggy was awarded the MBE for her services to export trade - a fittingtribute to someone who put Weston-super-Mare on the map, especially in America.

Peggy Nisbet diedon 9th October 1995, aged 86. Tributes poured in from all over theworld, and especially from within the doll making industry, and collectorsworldwide mourned the passing of England’s premier dollmaker.