Peggy Price, Muriel Fogarty and Joan Rickaby 

Shallowpool Dolls
Business & Enterprise, Design, Craft, Making 

Deceased   

Suggested by Sally Atkins   

Sally writes,
“These three women are combined as they all lived in the three small thatched cottages of Shallowpool near Looe, creating the now very collectable, Shallowpool Dolls.
The dolls had Plaster-of-Paris faces and hands which were carefully painted and varnished and fixed to a padded wire armature. The three women modelled the dolls on historical characters such as Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Cardinal Wolsey amongst others as well as notorious Cornish characters like Dolly Pentreath of Mousehole, and Mary Kelynack, as well as Bal Maidens and Fish Hawkers.
Each doll came with a certificate of the character portrayed.
They became so popular that they opened a shop in Fowey.  

These three women created some astonishing models of well known local and national characters. As an illustrator myself, their artistry and detailing fascinates me. I wish I owned one!”  

Shallowpool dolls were made from the 1950s until the late 1980s.
A cursory internet search revealed dolls available to buy but drew a blank on any photos of the three women. Sally provides a link to a page about Shallowpool Dolls on the Peggy Nisbet website noting the overlap in their doll production, and recommending a book "Cornish Shallowpool Dolls" by Susan Brewer, 2014. 

Shallowpool Dolls