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The History of The Figures

Peter and Gilly Greenhill established Greenhill Miniatures in May 1977 with the issue of six miniature knights called "Greenhills", three of which are featured below. (All six still available, see catalogue.)

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Greenhill G3 Rainard von Ouhar Greenhill G5 Archibald Douglas Greenhill G6 Juan Ferrandez Heredia

In February 1978 they purchased the original brass moulds of the late Richard Courtenay who had produced miniature Knights, portraitures of English Royalty, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Egyptians, Philistines and mounted jockeys until his death in 1963.

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Courtenay Z19 Jean de Saintre   Courtenay ‘Rocking Horse’ Sir John Dalton Sold for £4,300 in 1988 Courtenay 48mm Soldier as King Edward III

Freddy Ping continued the production of this work (under franchise) until his demise in 1977.
The Greenhills continue the tradition up to the present day. Today's Courtenays are called "Courtenay-Greenhills" to differentiate them from Courtenay’s originals and are all identified with name, town, date and signature.

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Courtenay-Greenhill Walking Foot Soldiers Courtenay-Greenhill H13A Jean de Blonay Greenhill G7 William Shakespeare

Copyright Peter Greenhill 2011