Roy Selwyn Smith

Selwyn Smith Heraldic Knights were in 54mm scale a total of ten designs in all. Designed and manufactured in 1951 for sale in the USA., they were issued as named Knights.

Most models with a few exceptions were correctly painted. in the named knights Heraldic colours.

Sadly with the death of Otto Gottstein his business partner the Company was sold and the moulds were sold to Britains, which were renamed as the Knights of Agincourt.

The very short production life of approx nine months that these models had is reflected in the sale room prices.

They occasionally come up at auction and if you are like me and they are way out of your budget its a great place to at least see them in the flesh

Its true of all the great makers past and present you can't fully appreciate them from photographs.

Christies in London auctioned these figures in March 2000

Lord John Grey	Sir William de Warne	King Edward 1
Christies had these in December 2000 auction

Lord John Grey	Geoffery Count of Anjou	Sir John Chandos


Two un-named knights
In 1989 Roy Selwyn Smith discover a cache of 59 original Selwyn miniatures castings. These figures were painted by Captain Roy Dilley ,President of the British Model Soldier Society as special editions, each one boxed with a certificate of authenticity and distributed by Arnold Rolak a well respected Britains collector.

Bertrand du Guesclin	Count of Flanders	Count of Savoy

Edward Lord Le Despender	Geoffrey De Chargny	Earl of Oxford
		This group of 8 figures was also sold in the
Reginald Lord Cobham	Sir Thomas Erpingham

The beauty of the Selwyn Smiths sculptures were still not lost under Britains control even though they were given simplified heraldic designs not relating to any named knight.

For me, they are the ultimate designed toy knight. Please see Britains page and the Agincourt Knights

I would like to thanks Christies for the use of their catalogue photographs.